Word: kikuyu
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Next, in Swahili, he would urge tribal unity on the country. Finally, in Kikuyu, he would tell his own tribe's people that he was still virile. That always evoked loud cheers...
Shortly after that, the process of selecting a new President will begin. Two factions within the ruling party, the Kenya African National Union, may enter candidates; both groups are more or less dominated by Kenyatta's politically powerful tribe, the Kikuyu. The first includes the Kenyatta family and its political cronies, whose power is tribally based. The strongest member of the group is former Foreign Minister Njoroge Mungai, 52, who was also Kenyatta's cousin and personal physician. But the handsome Mungai lost his parliamentary seat in 1974, largely because of his reputation for high living, and thus...
...made up of politicians and business leaders who are mainly Western educated. Their power is derived from their wealth and urban business connections. Moi, a hard-working but color less politician, is actually a member of the minority Kalenjin tribe. But he is strongly supported by two competent Kikuyu members of the Kenyatta Cabinet, Attorney General Charles Njonjo, 58, and Finance and Economic Planning Minister Mwai Kibaki...
...week's end, Moi appeared to have the edge. As a non-Kikuyu, he could gain the support of many minority tribes; with the help of Njonjo and Kibaki he would attract many of the Kikuyu, particularly if he were to name an able Kikuyu as his Vice President and heir apparent. Since all political factions were committed to the appearance of a constitutional transition, it seemed improbable that the country's nonpolitical army would choose to intervene. "Calling in the military," observed a Western diplomat in Nairobi, "is the very last thing anybody wants...
...Meroitic and who possesses some knowledge of Berber or a Cushitic language; a specialist in Ge'ez who can also handle some of the Cushitic or Semitic languages of the Horn; a specialist in Swahili who can handle some other important eastern-central languages of Africa (e.g. Kikuyu); a specialist in Hausa who can handle some of the important languages of western Africa; and a specialist in Zulu, Soth-Tswana, or Shona who can handle some of the important languages of southern Africa...