The presidency of jomo kenyatta began on 12 december 1964, when jomo kenyatta was named as the 1st president of kenya, and ended on 22 august 1978 upon his death. While president of the nationalist kenya african union, jomo kenyatta was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in 1953 in alleged connection with the violent mau mau rebellion that began in 1952. Kenyatta returned to kenya in september 1946 to take up leadership of the newly formed kenya african union (kau), of which he was elected president in june 1947. Uhuru kenyatta is a kenyan businessman and politician who held several government posts before serving as president of kenya from 2013 to 2022 The son of jomo kenyatta, kenya’s first president, uhuru was raised in a wealthy and politically powerful kikuyu family.
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