Around this time in 1978, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta passed away at Mombasa State House and country was thrown into a state of mourning. Today marks 40 years since the sad but peaceful demise of the Country’s first Black leader of the state. Jomo Kenyatta led the nation for 15 years and was key to transforming Kenya from a British colony to an independent African state. His leadership qualities ensured that the transition was a smooth one, to mark his 40th anniversary Kenyans on Twitter paid their tributes to the fallen National treasure.
#MzeeKenyattaMemorial
When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible. ~ Jomo kenyatta— Kitos Koparan (@enock_kiptanui) August 22, 2018
#MzeeKenyattaMemorial Mzee Kenyatta’s footprints as a leader committed to a wider Pan-African cause stretches back to as early as the 1930’s when he was the honorary chairman of the International Friends of Abyssinia.
— MARIGIRI🇰🇪 (@Dmarigiri_) August 22, 2018
When Mzee Jomo Kenyatta became Prime Minister in June 1963, he promised to fight poverty, ignorance and disease. #MzeeKenyattaMemorial
— Nelson Amenya (@amenya_nelson) August 22, 2018
#MzeeKenyattaMemorial Mzee Kenyatta’s commitment to the interest of other Africans was also evident when he spoke at the Fifth Pan-African Congress of 1945 in Manchester, UK.
— MARIGIRI🇰🇪 (@Dmarigiri_) August 22, 2018
#MzeeKenyattaMemorial
"I tell you there will be nothing from Heaven. We must all work hard, with our hands, to save ourselves from poverty, ignorance, and disease.” ~kenyatta pic.twitter.com/zkonagrLlI— Kitos Koparan (@enock_kiptanui) August 22, 2018
Throughout his presidency, Kenyatta pursued an agricultural policy that made export production the basis of economic development as part of a government policy to eradicate poverty and create employment. #MzeeKenyattaMemorial
— The African Voice (@teddyeugene) August 22, 2018
There is a #MzeeKenyattaMemorial that is the complete opposite of what Kenyans are sharing about the first president. Truth be told our founding president is the biggest villain this country has seen. The successors found a perfect model to inculcate into the nation.
— Anjeyo Ananda (@anj_116_) August 22, 2018
He organised protests against the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy. In September of 1935 he wrote the article ‘Hands off Ethiopia’ in the UK Magazine, Labour Monthly. #MzeeKenyattaMemorial
— MARIGIRI🇰🇪 (@Dmarigiri_) August 22, 2018
With several African nations facing internal strife’s, Kenyatta maintained national cohesion by discouraging divisive politics#MzeeKenyattaMemorial
— Bruce Fuse (@Brucefuse) August 22, 2018