", After the United Kingdom entered World War II in September 1939, Kenyatta and Stock moved to the Sussex village of Storrington. [310], Disputes with Somalia over the Northern Frontier District (NFD) continued; for much of Kenyatta's rule, Somalia remained the major threat to his government. [448] Other political figures who were critical of Kenyatta's administration, including Ronald Ngala and Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, were killed in incidents that many speculated were government assassinations. [364] The Kenyan press, which was largely loyal to Kenyatta, did not delve into this issue;[365] it was only after his death that publications appeared revealing the scale of his personal enrichment. [564] Simon Gikandi noted that Kenyatta, like Nkrumah, was remembered for "initiating the discourse and process that plotted the narrative of African freedom", but at the same time both were "often remembered for their careless institution of presidential rule, one party dictatorship, ethnicity and cronyism. [181] In 1951, he married his fourth wife, Ngina, who was one of the few female students at his college; she then gave birth to a daughter. [72] In the summer of 1929, he left London and traveled by Berlin to Moscow before returning to London in October. [257] KANU nevertheless refused to form a government, which was instead created through a KADU-led coalition of smaller parties. [290] MacDonald sped up plans for Kenyan independence, believing that the longer the wait, the greater the opportunity for radicalisation among African nationalists. Jomo Kenyatta[a] CGH (c.1897 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. How did Jomo Kenyatta get involved in politics? [58], Simon Gikandi argued that Kenyatta, like some of his contemporaries in the Pan-African movement, was an "Afro-Victorian", someone whose identity had been shaped "by the culture of colonialism and colonial institutions", especially those of the Victorian era. [334] The historian Robert M. Maxon nevertheless suggested that "no national culture emerged during the Kenyatta era", most artistic and cultural expressions reflecting particular ethnic groups rather than a broader sense of Kenyanness, while Western culture remained heavily influential over the country's elites. That is why we reject Communism. [41] He earned 250/= (12/10/, equivalent to 726 in 2021) a month, a particularly high wage for a native African, which brought him financial independence and a growing sense of self-confidence. [215] The government followed the verdict with a wider crackdown, banning KAU in June 1953,[221] and closing down most of the independent schools in the country, including Kenyatta's. Uhuru Kenyatta unsuccessfully vied for the Kenyan presidency as President Moi's preferred successor in 2002. Jomo married Edna, Grace Kenyatta in 1942, at age 48. [383] By the time of Kenyatta's death, Kenya's first universitiesthe University of Nairobi and Kenyatta Universityhad been established. "[203] Despite Kenyatta's vocal opposition to the Mau Mau, KAU had moved towards a position of greater militancy. [297] Photographs of Kenyatta were widely displayed in shop windows,[297] and his face was also printed on the new currency. [537] From 1963 until his death, a cult of personality surrounded him in the country,[538] one which deliberately interlinked Kenyan nationalism with Kenyatta's own personality. [282] KADU desired a federalist state organised on a system they called Majimbo with six largely autonomous regional authorities, a two-chamber legislature, and a central Federal Council of Ministers who would select a rotating chair to serve as head of government for a one-year term. [381] In June 1963, Kenyatta ordered the Ominda Commission to determine a framework for meeting Kenya's educational needs. Let Mau Mau perish forever. He has two sisters siblings Soiya Gecaga, . [19] The longer the pupils stayed, the more they came to resent the patronising way many of the British missionaries treated them. [189], To attract support from Kenya's Indian community, he made contact with Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the new Indian republic. [167] Much of the debate that took place centred on whether indigenous Africans should continue pursuing a gradual campaign for independence or whether they should seek the military overthrow of the European imperialists. [240] Despite his reservations about any immediate East African Federation, in June 1967 Kenyatta signed the Treaty for East African Co-operation. [8] Wambui subsequently bore another son, Kongo,[9] shortly before Muigai died. [563], Assensoh argued that in his life story, Kenyatta had a great deal in common with Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah. In Memoriam: First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta receives the Presidential Standard and national flag during Jomo's state funeral on August 31, 1978. (1942-1946), Grace Wahum. Early Career Overseas There he secured a job as a clerk in the Public Works Department, and he also adopted the name Kenyatta, the Kikuyu term for a fancy belt that he wore. [399] Commentators argued that Britain's relationship with Kenyatta's Kenya was a neo-colonial one, with the British having exchanged their position of political power for one of influence. Backed by several other senior KANU figures and trade unionists, he became head of the new Kenya Peoples Union (KPU). [342] There was growing black resentment towards the Asian domination of the small business sector,[350] with Kenyatta's government putting pressure on Asian-owned businesses, intending to replace them with African-owned counterparts. [193], By 1952, Kenyatta was widely recognized as a national leader, both by his supporters and by his opponents. [302] He publicly stated that talk of a federation had always been a ruse to hasten the pace of Kenyan independence from Britain, but Nyerere denied that this was true. [325] The Kikuyuwho made up around 20 percent of populationstill held most of the country's important government and administrative positions. Born on April 8, 1989, Jomo Kenyatta Junior age is 33 years old as of 2022. [315] Kenyatta also wanted to contain parliamentary opposition and at Kenyatta's prompting, in November 1964 KADU officially dissolved and its representatives joined KANU. [356] Between late 1967 and early 1968, growing numbers of Kenyan Asians migrated to Britain;[357] in February 1968 large numbers migrated quickly before a legal change revoked their right to do so. Introduced by the British Governor of Kenya, Edward Grigg, these Land Boards would hold all land in native reserves in trust for each tribal group. [342] The government passed laws to encourage foreign investment, recognising that Kenya needed foreign-trained specialists in scientific and technical fields to aid its economic development. [177] [388] This improved medical care had resulted in declining mortality rates while birth rates remained high, resulting in a rapidly growing population; from 1962 to 1979, Kenya's population grew by just under 4% a year, the highest rate in the world at the time. The family has invested in various sectors, including banking with shares in local banks, the oil industry, insurance, hotel and tourism, media, manufacturing, and airline. [374] Kenyatta was concerned by this, and promoted the reversal of this rural-to-urban migration, but in this was unsuccessful. [6][7], Kenyatta married his third wife, Grace Wanjiku, in 1946. [106] The British authorities were highly suspicious of Kenyatta's time in the Soviet Union, suspecting that he was a Marxist-Leninist, and following his return the MI5 intelligence service intercepted and read all his mail. [416] Between 1964 and 1966, Kenyatta and other KANU conservatives had been deliberately trying to push Odinga to resign from the party. [7] When he was ten, his earlobes were pierced to mark his transition from childhood. Mama Ngina lives quietly as a wealthy widow in Kenya. [260], Renison decided to release Kenyatta before Kenya achieved independence. [344] Relations with the Soviet Union were also strained; Kenyatta shut down the Lumumba Institutean educational organisation named after the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumbaon the basis that it was a front for Soviet influence in Kenya. [221] It appropriated his land at Gatundu and demolished his house. [538] This use of Kenyatta as a popular symbol of the nation itself was furthered by the similarities between their names. Kenya's first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta married four wives, Grace Wahu, Edna Clarke, Grace Wanjiku and Mama Ngina. An agreement was reached that an election would be called for a new 65-seat Legislative Council, with 33 seats reserved for black Africans, 20 for other ethnic groups, and 12 as 'national members' elected by a pan-racial electorate. [488] He wrestled with a contradiction between his conservative desire for a renewal of traditional custom and his reformist urges to embrace Western modernity. Margaret is daughter to German beauty Magdalenna Gakuo and Njuguna Gakuo and sister to Maina Gakuo . One of the EAAs main purposes was to recover Kikuyu lands lost when Kenya became a British crown colony (1920). [140] Utilising a functionalist framework,[141] he promoted the idea that traditional Kikuyu society had a cohesion and integrity that was better than anything offered by European colonialism. [264] In August, he was moved to Gatundu in Kikuyuland, where he was greeted by a crowd of 10,000. [46] Many indigenous Africans resented having to carry kipande identity certificates at all times, being forbidden from growing coffee, and paying taxes without political representation. [392] He also took on a mediating role during the Congo Crisis, heading the Organisation of African Unity's Conciliation Commission on the Congo. In this position, he was tasked with fetching the company wages from a bank in Nairobi, 25 miles (40km) away. [514] As President, Kenyatta often reminisced nostalgically about his time in England, referring to it as "home" on several occasions. Beth Mugo has been a nominated senator under the Jubilee Alliance (Ruling Alliance in Kenya) since 2013 and has been known to strongly support her cousin (President Uhuru Kenyatta). [383] Between 1964 and 1966, the number of primary schools grew by 11.6%, and the number of secondary schools by 80%. Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi "" his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in Gatundu Division, Kiambu District "" one of five administrative districts in the Central Highlands of British East Africa (now Kenya). [402] Kenyatta also maintained a warm relationship with Israel, including when other East African nations endorsed Arab hostility to the state;[403] he for instance permitted Israeli jets to refuel in Kenya on their way back from the Entebbe raid. By Mumbi Mutuko on 27 November 2017 - 2:24 pm. [10] Kenyatta then moved in with his grandfather, Kongo wa Magana, and assisted the latter in his role as a traditional healer. He was the country's first indigenous president and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. [496] As Kenya's leader, Kenyatta rejected the idea that Marxism offered a useful framework for analysing his country's socio-economic situation. [183] In January 1952, KAU members formed a secret Central Committee devoted to direct action, formulated along a cell structure. [15] While there, Kenyatta stayed at the small boarding school, where he learnt stories from the Bible,[16] and was taught to read and write in English. [61] He also praised the British Empire, stating that: "The first thing [about the Empire] is that all people are governed justly, big or smallequally. [153] Kenyatta remained there for the duration of the war, renting a flat and a small plot of land to grow vegetables and raise chickens. [302], Continuing to emphasize good relations with the white settlers, in August 1963 Kenyatta met with 300 white farmers at Nakuru. She was the daughter of Senior Chief Koinange and sister to Mbiyu Koinange. "[513] The South African Peter Abrahams met Kenyatta in London, noting that of all the black men involved in the city's Pan-Africanist movement, he was "the most relaxed, sophisticated and 'westernized' of the lot of us". [533] In Facing Mount Kenya, he challenged the missionaries' dismissive attitude toward ancestor veneration, which he instead preferred to call "ancestor communion". Kenyatta was a controversial figure. [308] In a speech, Kenyatta described it as "the greatest day in Kenya's history and the happiest day in my life. Skip to document. [487] Kenyatta was also an elitist and encouraged the emergence of an elite class in Kenya. [387] In the short-term, its emphasis was on increasing the overall number of doctors and registered nurses while decreasing the number of expatriates in those positions. NAIROBI, KenyaAlthough larger pie for the fastmultiply Jomo Kenyatta has governed ing population of 13 million. They had 9 children: Peter Muigai Kenyatta, Margaret Wambui Kenyatta and 7 other children. [44] He had sufficient funds that he could lend money to European clerks in the offices,[45] and could enjoy the lifestyle offered by Nairobi, which included cinemas, football matches, and imported British fashions. His children included President Uhuru Kenyatta, by his fourth and. [458], In 1977, Kenyatta had several further strokes or heart attacks. [204], "We Africans are in the majority [in Kenya], and we should have self-government. [569] Among these groups there were widespread calls for restitution and in 1991 and 1992 there were violent attacks against many of those who obtained land through Kenyatta's patronage in these areas. [256] KANU campaigned on the issue of Kenyatta's detainment in the February 1961 election, where it gained a majority of votes. Source: Twitter. [404] In turn, in 1976 the Israelis warned of a plot by the Palestinian Liberation Army to assassinate him, a threat he took seriously. In May 1928 Kenyatta launched a monthly Kikuyu-language newspaper called Mwigithania (He Who Brings Together), aimed at gaining support from all sections of the Kikuyu. [337], Independent Kenya had an economy heavily molded by colonial rule; agriculture dominated while industry was limited, and there was a heavy reliance on exporting primary goods while importing capital and manufactured goods. [283] KANU opposed Majimbo, believing that it served entrenched interests and denied equal opportunities across Kenya; they also insisted on an elected head of government. Kenyatta died in office and was succeeded by Daniel arap Moi. [262] He reiterated that he had never supported violence or the illegal oathing system used by the Mau Mau,[263] and denied having ever been a Marxist, stating: "I shall always remain an African Nationalist to the end". [148] Murray-Brown later described it as "a propaganda tour de force. [171] He decided not to bring Ednawho was pregnant with a second child[172]with him, aware that if they joined him in Kenya their lives would be made very difficult by the colony's racial laws. [373] This exacerbated urban unemployment and housing shortages, with squatter settlements and slums growing up and urban crime rates rising. The Anti-Slavery Society advanced him funds to pay off his debts and return to Kenya. [105] Both Padmore and Kenyatta left the Soviet Union, the latter returning to London in August 1933. [451] The funeral took place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, six days after Kenyatta's death. [464] His body was buried in a mausoleum in the grounds of the Parliament Buildings in Nairobi. [8] She died when giving birth in 1951. [520] He told his daughter "the English are wonderful people to live with in England. Although protesting his innocencea view shared by later historianshe was convicted. ", Kenyatta biographer Jeremy Murray-Brown[297], Kenyatta was a flamboyant character,[504] with an extroverted personality. His government comprised members of various ethnic groups in order to calm ethnic tensions. Born into the dominant Kikuyu culture, Kenyatta became its most famous interpreter of Kikuyu traditions through his book Facing Mount Kenya.. Born Kamau Wa Muigai at Ng'enda village, Gatundu Division, Kiambu to Muigai and Wambui, Jomo Kenyatta served as the . [129] Several other Africans in London criticized him for doing so, arguing that the film degraded black people. [246] Kwame Nkrumahwhom Kenyatta had known since the 1940s and who was now President of a newly independent Ghanapersonally raised the issue with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and other UK officials,[247] with the Ghanaian government offering Kenyatta asylum in the event of his release. He later noted that this was despite the fact his case was one of the strongest he had ever presented during his career. His son Uhuru Kenyatta, who he fathered late in life, served as the fourth President of Kenya from 20132022. [300] In June 1963, Kenyatta met with Julius Nyerere and Ugandan President Milton Obote in Nairobi. [143] The book also reflected his changing views on female genital mutilation; where once he opposed it, he now unequivocally supported the practice, downplaying the medical dangers that it posed to women. [328] He appears to have had no further involvement with the communist movement after 1934. . [486] Donald Savage noted that Kenyatta believed in "the importance of authority and tradition", and that he displayed "a remarkably consistent view of development through self-help and hard work". As Prime Minister, he oversaw the transition of the Kenya Colony into an independent republic, of which he became president in 1964. Gecaga is the son of Udi and Jeni Wambui Gecaga (first President Jomo Kenyatta's daughter). Uhuru Kenyatta Family Tree. [410] In the first five years of independence, he consolidated control of the central government,[411] removing the autonomy of Kenya's provinces to prevent the entrenchment of ethnic power bases. Kenyatta was born to Kikuyu farmers in Kiambu, British East Africa. 1 M7 Portfolio Student's Name Affiliation Course Name Instructor's . Jomo Kenyatta (n run 1891 n pi niin 22 Pnbt 1978) ee bny macbai ku keye ajuerwelbny. "[528] Arnold stated that in England, Kenyatta's adherence to Christianity was "desultory". [319], In December 1964, Kenya was officially proclaimed a republic. [524] He viewed monogamy through an anthropological lens as an interesting Western phenomenon but did not adopt the practice himself, instead having sexual relations with a wide range of women throughout his life. [237] The administration then placed a restricting order on Kenyatta, forcing him to reside in the remote area of Lodwar, where he had to report to the district commissioner twice a day. [323] For instance, a May 1966 amendment gave the president the ability to order the detention of individuals without trial if he thought the security of the state was threatened. Chandler April 08, 2014. And so, surveyed closely, Jomo Kenyatta had more advantages than his fellow Kapenguria Six inmates. Kenyatta told Shiels that he was not affiliated with communist circles and was unaware of the nature of the newspaper which published his articles. [510] During the 1920s and 1930s, Kenyatta cultivated the image of a "colonial gentleman";[511] in England, he displayed "pleasant manners" and a flexible attitude in adapting to urban situations dissimilar to the lands he had grown up in. [348] Left-wing critics highlighted that the image of "African socialism" portrayed in the document provided for no major shift away from the colonial economy. [436] Journalists were discouraged from reporting on the oathing system, and several were deported when they tried to do so. In June 2013, Britain announced it will pay roughly $31. "[479] This approach was similar to the Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda's ideology of "African humanism". Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 12:03, "The Life and Times Of [sic] Jomo Kenyatta. [152] On 11 May 1942 he married an English woman, Edna Grace Clarke, at Chanctonbury Registry Office. How did Jomo Kenyattas fiscal policy affect low-income Kenyans? [343] Under Kenyatta, Western companies regarded Kenya as a safe and profitable place for investment;[344] between 1964 and 1970, large-scale foreign investment and industry in Kenya nearly doubled. [195] He called on his supporters to work hard, and to abandon laziness, theft, and crime. The Kenyatta family is the family of Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya and a prominent leader in that country's independence. [56] Also in February, his daughter, Wambui Margaret, was born. At independence, Kenyatta would not only be considered the guardian of political order, he would also inherit an advantageously designed institutional framework to control the most valuable political and economic resource in Kenya: land. [426] KANU retained the support of all national newspapers and the government-owned radio and television stations. [317] Two of the senior members of KADU, Ronald Ngala and Daniel arap Moi, subsequently became some of Kenyatta's most loyal supporters. [452] By 1970, he was increasingly feeble and senile,[453] and by 1975 Kenyatta hadaccording to Maloba"in effect ceased to actively govern". During the ceremony, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburghrepresenting the British monarchyformally handed over control of the country to Kenyatta. 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