He led that central African country into multiparty elections and won two of them.

Daniel Arap Moi was known as Nyayo, which is the Swahili word for footsteps because he maintained he followed in the path of Kenya’s first president Jomo Kenyatta whom he succeeded on his death in 1978.

He was Kenyatta’s Deputy President for 11 years

Moi is still Kenya’s longest serving president.

It was a combination of domestic agitation and international pressure that led him to introducing multi-party  elections in 1991.

He led the ruling Kenya African Union to victory in the 1992 and 1997 polls.

His death was announced in a presidential proclamation. He has been unwell for some time.

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