Ken·yat·ta (k n-yä t ), Jomo 1893?-1978. Kenyan nationalist politician and first president of independent Kenya (1964-1978). |
Kenyatta [kɛnˈjætə]
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(Biographies / Kenyatta, Jomo (?1891-1978) M, Kenyan, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) Jomo (ˈdʒəʊməʊ). ?1891-1978, Kenyan statesman: imprisoned as a suspected leader of the Mau Mau revolt (1953-59); elected president of the Kenya African National Union (1961); prime minister of independent Kenya (1963) and president (1964-78)
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