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Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation....
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1952
10.20.1952
Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.
1953
4.8.1953
Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
1964
12.12.1964
Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.