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	Jomo Kenyatta - MSN Encarta
		Kenyatta was born in Gatundu in the part of British East Africa that is now Kenya; the year of his birth is uncertain, but most scholars agree he was born in the 1890s.
		Kenyatta was educated by Presbyterian missionaries and by 1921 had moved to the city of Nairobi.
		Kenyatta died in office in 1978 and was succeeded by Kenyan vice president Daniel arap Moi.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552618/Jomo_Kenyatta.html (1111 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jomo Kenyatta (October 20, 1893 ;?– August 22, 1978) was an African politician, the first Prime Minister (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya.
		Kenyatta instituted a relatively peaceful land reform; on the bad side, his land policies deeply entrenched corruption within Kenya with choice parcels of land given to his relatives and friends (the so-called "Kiambu Mafia"), and Kenyatta becoming the nation's largest landowner.
		Uhuru Kenyatta, an opposition leader in Kenya, is son of Jomo Kenyatta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta (1359 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jomo Kenyatta (October 20, 1892?–August 22, 1978) was an African politician, the first Prime Minister (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya.
		Kenyatta was born Kamau wa Ngengi in the village of Ichaweri in British East Africa (now Kenya).
		Kenyatta was re-elected in 1966 and the next year gained extended powers.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Jomo_Kenyatta (855 words)

	Famous People from Kenya Jomo Kenyatta
		Jomo Kenyatta was born at Ng'enda in the Gatundu Division of Kiambu in the year 1889.
		Mzee Kenyatta is acclaimed from all quarters of the world as a true son of Africa, a renowned leader of vision, initiative, guidance and an international public figure of the highest caliber.
		President Kenyatta is acknowledged as one of the greatest men of the 20th century.
	www.kenyatravelideas.com /famous-people-from-kenya-jomo-kenyatta.html (907 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) formerly called Nairobi International Airport is one of Kenya's large aviation facilities and the country's busiest international airport.
		Jomo Kenyatta airport is served by one runway 06/24, runway 06 is ILS-equipped.
		The expansion project was prompted as Jomo Kenyatta annual passenger flow topped 4 million, as the airport was only constructed to handle 2.5 million passengers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport (1151 words)

	Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kenyatta was born probably on Oct. 20, 1891, at Ichaweri in British East Africa (now Kenya).
		On returning to Africa, Jomo Kenyatta (Burning Spear Beaded Belt), as he was now known, was elected president of the new Kenya African Union (later, Kenya African National Union, or KANU).
		On August 21, 1961 Jomo Kenyatta, leader of the Kenyan independence movement, is released by British colonial authorities after nearly nine years of imprisonment.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ke023500.a#FWNE.fw..ke023500.a (335 words)

	Kenyatta, Jomo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1953, during the Mau Mau uprising, Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as one of its instigators, then sent to internal exile (1959).
		Kenyatta was elected president of the newly founded (1960) Kenya African National Union while in exile.
		Influential throughout Africa, Kenyatta was intolerant of dissent in Kenya, outlawing some opposition parties in 1969 and establishing a one-party state in 1974.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ke/Kenyatta.html (248 words)

	AfricanTribute
		It was Kenyatta who assured Kenyans that they didnt have to be colonial subjects and that they could determine their destiny in their own way.
		Kenyatta is believed to have been born sometime between 1889-1895 to Muigai and Wambui at Ng'enda, Gatundu Division of Kiambu District.
		Mzee Kenyatta was was finally laid to rest at the Mausoleum on Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, in a burial ceremony attended by numerous Heads of State and Royalty.
	kenya740.tripod.com /Kenyatta.html (1496 words)

	Learn more about Jomo Kenyatta in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jomo Kenyatta (1892?, Ichaweri, British East Africa [now in Kenya ]-August 22, 1978 at Mombasa, Kenya) was an African politician, the first Prime Minister and President of an independent Kenya.
		Kenyatta was born Kamau wa Ngengi in Mitumi, Kenya, and assisted his medicine man grandfather as a child after his parents’ death.
		On June 1 Kenyatta became prime minister of the autonomous Kenyan government, and was known as mzee (old man, elder).
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /j/jo/jomo_kenyatta.html (900 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta: Kenya's Founding Father \| Afrodome.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, is one of Africa's most admired and respected father figures.
		He adopted the name Jomo Kinyatta to reflect his role: the word Jomo means "the burning spear" and Kinyatta is a Maasai word which refers to the beaded belt that he wore.
		Later on, the name Kinyatta mutated to Kenyatta from the Swahili phrase "Taa ya Kenya" which means "Light of Kenya" because it was his vision for a unified and free Kenya which brought the light of independence to Kenya: he led Kenyans in their quest for freedom, independence and nationhood.
	www.afrodome.com /kenyatta (599 words)

	The 2002 Kenya Elections
		Kenyatta obliged, saying, "Employment is not a birthright." That put his job as a city water meter-reader — where he earned a princely Ksh250 a month — on the line, and he was duly sacked once his activities came to light, enabling him to concentrate on KCA matters.
		In 1946, Kenyatta took up a vibrant youth movement called the Forty Group, comprising World War II veterans who had been conscripted to fight for the British in Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, and were embittered by their dishonourable discharge and the racial discrimination they had experienced.
		Kenyatta, Paul Ngei, Bildad Kaggia, Kung'u Karumba and Achieng Oneko were arrested and held at Lokitaung and Kapenguria where fellow detainees made several attempts on his life, feeling that he had betrayed the cause of Mau Mau by endorsing the sentencing to death of Dedan Kimathi.
	www.nationaudio.com /elections/moisuccession/Succession_JKenyatta7.html (1643 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jomo Kenyatta the first president of Kenya, was born around 1890 at Ngenda, Gatundu, in present day Thika District of Central Province.
		Kenyatta, who was then known as Kamau, was baptized Johnstone, a name he later replaced with Jomo in 1938.
		Kenyatta who was then the Principal of The Kikuyu Independent Teachers Training College in Githunguri was seen by his people as their saviour from the autocratic colonial rule and for this reason many European settlers branded him a Mau Mau.
	www.mfa.go.ke /kenyatta.html (582 words)

	Presidents of Kenya
		Jomo Kenyatta was born in the year 1889, and received his primary education in the Scottish Mission Center at Thogoto.
		Kenyatta, or "Baba wa Taifa" (Father of the Nation), led the nation of Kenya until his death on August 22, 1978.
		Daniel Arap Moi, Jomo Kenyatta's successor as second president of Kenya, was born on September 2, 1924 in a western Kenyan village.
	www.personal.psu.edu /krj5002/presidents.htm (973 words)

	BookRags: Jomo Kenyatta Biography
		Jomo Kenyatta (1890-1978) was a Kenyan statesman and the dominant figure in the development of African nationalism in East Africa.
		Kenyatta is one of the outstanding exceptions of this process; his public career of over 40 years established him as one of the most significant African leaders of the twentieth century.
		Jomo Kenyatta, who was known as a child as Johnstone Kamau Ngengi, was born, according to most biographies, on October 20, 1891 at Ichaweri.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/jomo-kenyatta (193 words)

	Perspectives: Jomo Kenyatta and Israel - Asher Naim
		Kenyatta, however, was under house arrest, accused of being the force behind the rebellious Mau Mau movement that had spread havoc among the sixty thousand European settlers in the Kenyan highlands.
		Kenyatta was warm and affable, and when told what had transpired since yesterday's visit, he burst out angrily that the British did not understand that their rule was over and it was time to leave Kenyans to manage their own affairs.
		Kenyatta said he looked forward to Kenyan-Israeli friendship, that the two countries had much in common historically, and that he was happy Israel's was the first embassy to be built in Kenya and hoped it would set an example.
	www.jcpa.org /jpsr/jpsr-naim-f05.htm (2360 words)

	Jomo Cosmos
		Jomo Sono has come a long way and has made a difference in a lot of peoples lives and it would be any ones honour to have a legend like him around to learn from and look up to.
		Jomo Sono is known in soccer circles and in South Africa in the area of professional development.
		Jomo has always fought to expose irregularities, which polluted the administration of the game, and in 1989, Jomo Cosmos FC was expelled from the league.
	www.jomocosmos.co.za /default.asp?cid=5282 (642 words)

	The Republic of Kenya
		Inevitably, negative aspects of Jomo Kenyatta and his leadership have emerged and will continue to emerge, which is very encouraging, because this is an indication of National maturity setting in.
		Kenyatta must have been moved by Moi's legendary patience in his days as vice president in the face of all manner of adversity and glaring contradictions.
		Kenyatta was also moved by the loyalty of Daniel Moi throghout the 11 years that Moi was Kenyatta's vice president.
	www.saxakali.com /africa/Kamau9.htm (1138 words)

	Profile of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta
		Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau Wa Ngengi at Ng'enda village, Gatundu Division, Kiambu in 1889.
		Mzee Kenyatta is acclaimed from all quarters of the world as a true son of Africa, a visionary leader.
		Today, the late Kenyatta is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest men of the 20th century who played a key role in the independence of Kenya and other African nations.
	www.statehousekenya.go.ke /presidents/kenyatta/profile.htm (1023 words)

	Blue Plaque for Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya : English Heritage : English Heritage
		Jomo Kenyatta (c1894-1978), fighter for independence and first President of the Republic of Kenya, was commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque on 11 March at 12 noon at 95 Cambridge Street, London SW1, where he lived from 1933 to 1937.
		Kenyatta was born Kamau wa Ngengi in East Africa c.
		When Kenyatta died in office in Mombasa in 1978 his death was mourned throughout the world, attesting to his stature as a leading African nationalist and statesman.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /server/show/ConWebDoc.4792 (539 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 27 \| 1963: Kenyatta to be Kenya's first premier
		Jomo Kenyatta is certain to become prime minister after his party, Kenya African Nation Union, won the country's first general election.
		In an address to the nation, Mr Kenyatta, aged 73 and known by his fellow Kikuyu as "Burning Spear", called for tribal and racial differences to be buried in favour of national unity under "the principles of democratic African socialism".
		Ten years ago, Mr Kenyatta, was jailed and later sent into internal exile by the British for his alleged involvement in the Mau Mau movement, a secret society of the Kikuyu tribe bent on achieving independence from Britain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/27/newsid_2496000/2496069.stm (442 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta \| Featured Artist \| Area of Design
		Jomo Kenyatta is an emerging photographer who is on a mission of unrelenting determination to turn his passion for photography into a successful profession.
		After some fiddling around with the camera she directs him to what she thinks is the shutter, but Jomo says he later found out what she had thought was the shutter was actually the aperture preview button.
		Jomo's work was also recently exhibited at the Caribbean Diaspora Film Festival held at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2002.
	www.areaofdesign.com /featuredartists/2002/kenyatta.htm (582 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta: Influential Political Leader in Kenya
		Kenyatta traveled to England in several times but in 1931 he traveled there in order to attend Quaker College, Woodbrooke.2 From there he went to Russia to study at Moscow University but unfortunately do to some political disputes his education there was canceled.
		Jomo Kenyatta had a very long and important political career in Kenya and he is considered as Kenya’s most beloved son thus far.
		Kenyatta taught them that they had to be able to live in the light to live, and from his treatment of outsiders and willingness to work with them to accomplish great things for Kenya, Kenyans take their cue.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b1kenyatta.htm (1042 words)

	Jomo Kenyatta: Kenya’ Founding Father (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In October 1945, Kenyatta was one of the organizers of the landmark Pan-African Congress that met in Manchester, England.
		When the British rejected these demands, Kikuyu militants organized a terrorist underground, the Mau Mau, which prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, Kenyatta was accused of masterminding the Mau Mau, a charge almost certainly false; unquestionably, however, the KAU had links to the Mau Mau, and in 1952 Kenyatta was imprisioned.
		Kenyatta’s firmest base of support was among the Kikuyu, who formed but 20% of the fl population of Kenya.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~emaiersh/wncjomo.htm (691 words)

	Kenya - Government/History - Mzee Jomo Kenyatta
		As the founding father of Kenya, and its undisputed leader, he came to be known as Mzee, Swahili for a respected eider.
		Nov 20 Peter Muigai Kenyatta is born to Grace Wahu.
		1943 Aug 11 Peter Magana Kenyatta is born to Edna.
	www.kenya.rcbowen.com /government/kenyatta.html (1504 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 8 \| 1953: Seven years' hard labour for Kenyatta
		Jomo Kenyatta has been sentenced to seven years hard labour for his part in the organisation of the rebel Mau Mau movement.
		Kenyatta told the court he and his colleagues were not guilty but that they stood for the rights of the African people and peace in Kenya.
		Kenyatta was also given several opportunities to denounce the illegal movement which he refused to do.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_2887000/2887641.stm (566 words)

	Kenyatta, Jomo - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		KENYATTA, JOMO [Kenyatta, Jomo], 1893?-1978, African political leader, first president of Kenya (1964-78).
		Moi uses 24th anniversary of Jomo Kenyatta's death to consolidate his ties with Kenyatta family and son, Uhuru, his hand-picked political heir
		Safari in the age of Kenyatta.(Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya liberation struggle)(Critical essay)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-kenyatta.html (338 words)

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