Kenyatta

American

[ken-yah-tuh] / kɛnˈyɑ tə /

noun

Jomo 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.

Kenyatta British

/ kɛnˈjætə /

noun

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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She graduated with first class honors from Kenyatta University School of Law.

From The Wall Street Journal

Departing flights from Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - one of Africa's busiest transport hubs - have been delayed by up to four hours.

From BBC

Kenya's first president after independence, Jomo Kenyatta, seeking to maintain good relations with the West and fearing resistance to his own rule, did little to praise the Mau Mau's contribution in public, said Kenyan historian Macharia Munene.

From Barron's

Some Mau Mau were arrested or even killed by the Kenyatta's administration, and the movement was still classified as a "terrorist" organisation into the early 2000s.

From Barron's

"They were shocked, disappointed and confused that the government they had fought and shed blood for was now actively hunting them down," said lawyer Kelvin Kubai, whose grandfather was a Mau Mau fighter who ended up imprisoned under Kenyatta for five years.

From Barron's

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