Arap Moi, Kenya’s longest serving leader, dies at 95

February 5, 2020 12:42 am

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Former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya has died at the age of 95.

President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the death of Moi in a statement on Tuesday.

“It is with profound sadness and sorrow that I announce the passing of a Great African Statesman, H.E. Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, the Second President of the Republic of Kenya,” the statement read.

“His Excellency the Former President passed on at the Nairobi Hospital on the early morning of this 4th February, 2020, in the presence of his family.”

Kenyatta ordered a period of national mourning until a state funeral is held, on a date not yet announced.

Moi had been in hospital for more than a month.

A former schoolteacher, Moi had been in a Nairobi hospital for over a month before his death. He took power after founding President Jomo Kenyatta died in office in 1978.