Daniel arap Moi

Daniel arap Moi Toroitich ( born September 2, 1924 in Kurieng'wo at Sacho, Baringo District) was from 1978 to 2002 second president of Kenya.

Life

He comes from the ethnicity of the virtues, a group of Kalenjin. After his father died early, his mother Kima Chebii moved by herself. As capital of the Kalenjin Eldoret may apply. He has always promoted specifically later as President of this city. After his elementary school teacher - training, he worked as a teacher, head teacher and teacher trainer. Daniel arap Moi attended from 1934 primary schools in the African Inland Mission in Kabartonjo and Kapsabet. In 1942 he moved to the Secondary School in Kapsabet. After attending the seminar for teachers ( Teacher Training College) in Kapsabet 1945 he worked from 1945 to 1947 as a teacher in the African government school, Tambach. Daniel arap Moi in 1948, principal of the "Government African International School " in Kabarnet. From 1949 to 1950 he worked in teacher - training. On Tambach Teacher Training College in Kabarnet he worked from 1950 to 1955 as deputy head.

In 1950 he married Helena Bommet. Together they have eight children; three daughters and five sons.

Policy

Member of Parliament

For the Rift Valley Daniel arap Moi in 1955 as member of the Legislative Council ( Legco = Legislative Council ) is selected. In the years 1957-1976 he represented the electoral district of Baringo North in the Legislative Council. From 1957 to 1963 he was chairman of the " Kenya African Democratic Union " ( KADU ), which he founded with Ronald Ngala to the Kenya African National Union to defy (KANU ), which was led by Jomo Kenyatta. In contrast to KANU, the thought centralist and was dominated by the major ethnic groups, ie to the Kikuyu and the Luo, the KADU wanted to strengthen smaller ethnic groups such as the Kalenjin and have a federal constitution, to have a say in power poker. The pressure of the KANU was so great that the British took no federal elements in the new constitution as a colonial power. From 1961 to 1963 he represented the electoral district of Baringo North in Parliament as a deputy (MP). In 1961 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Education and joined the party, KANU in as a member.

Minister

In 1962 he himself was appointed Minister of Education in the Vorunabhängigkeitsregierung, later in the year he was appointed as Minister for local government, the position which he held until 1964 from. After independence on 18 December 1963 Moi agreed to the desired Jomo Kenyatta merger of KANU and KADU, which virtually became a one-party state in Kenya. Thanks Kenyatta was not long in coming, Moi was interior minister in 1964 and 1967 Vice President. He held until 1978 These offices.

President

As Kenyatta, the "Father of Independence ", died on 22 August 1978 Moi stepped up to his legacy. He was President of the Republic of Kenya and automatically KANU party. He announced the Nyayo philosophy ( = steps ) of peace, love and unity ( Peace, Love and Unity ). In 1979 he was re- elected president of Kenya and Minister for Baringo North. In the same year he was awarded the Order " Chief of the Golden Heart", the highest award of Kenya. Between 1981 and 1983, Moi was the chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). On 1 August 1982 was a coup attempt by sections of the Air Force.

In 1986, Moi published the book Kenya African Nationalism on Nyayo philosophy. In the years 1988 and 1992, he was again re-elected President of Kenya. Free elections in December 1992, there was considerable unrest, assaults and deaths, for example, in Molo or Kipkarren. In 1997, Moi was re-elected a second time as President of Kenya in free elections. In 2002, he was unable to start re-election. Instead, Uhuru Kenyatta was used as a presidential candidate. The elections in 2002 won a Rainbow Coalition ( National Rainbow Coalition, NARC ) with Mwai Kibaki at the top.

Constitutional amendment

Arap Moi made ​​in advance of the constitutional referendum in 2010 election campaign for the "no camp", but called before the referendum proponents and opponents to respect the vote, no matter how it round will be. Critics suspect that he fears the new constitution above all because of a test of his considerable land holdings.