Kenyatta

Ken·yat·ta

(kĕn-yä′tə), Jomo 1893?-1978.

Kenyan politician who was the first prime minister (1963-1974) and president (1964-1978) of independent Kenya.

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Kenyatta

(kɛnˈjætə)

(Biography) 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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Ken•yat•ta

(kɛnˈyɑ tə)

n.

Jomo, 1893?–1978, president of Kenya 1964–78.

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Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for 2nd term

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By: Egypt Today staff CAIRO AaAaAeA{AaAaAeA} 5 November 2017: President Abdel F el-Sisi has telephoned his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta to congratulate him on his re-election as president of Kenya.

Sisi congratulates his Kenyan counterpart on re-election

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Kenyan opposition leader refuses to share power

Since Uhuru Kenyatta became president in 2013, however, the country has struggled to combat deadly terrorist attacks and has been plagued by corruption scandals.