August 22, 1978 (July 19), Wu Wu, Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta died. - In 1978 August 22, 2010, Kenyatta, the


Kenya's first president Jomo, Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta died. Jomo - Jomo Kenyatta (1891-1978) in 1891 was born in Nairobi reached the village, near the Engen. Organize anti-British East Africa Association in 1922. 1928, he was appointed general secretary of the Kikuyu Central Association. The following year to participate in the organization of the "Pan-African Congress. June 1947, he was appointed chairman of the Kenya African Union. Back in 1952, the leadership of the Mau Mau movement, was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment and exile. Released in 1961, he served as Chairman of the Kenya African National Union. In 1963, he was appointed prime minister of the autonomous government. President of the Republic in 1964 as an independent. 1974 elected as the lifelong Chairman of the African National Union. Known as the father of the "Kenya national." He is the author of "Kenya: the struggle of Homeland.