September 08, 2006

Kenyatta '85 tries again for Kenyan Presidency

With a presidential election coming in 2007, Kenya’s Daily Nation previewed the nomination candidates from the Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-K), including Uhuru Kenyatta ‘85.

Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, has run before, in 2002, as the candidate for his father’s KANU party, which had ruled Kenya from its independence, but lost to Mwai Kibaki.

In 2005, Kenyatta became the chairman of KANU, and led the party into ODM-K, a coalition with Kenya’s Liberal Democratic Party. The ODM-K mounted a successful campaign in 2005 against the proposed new constitution for Kenya, and is expected to mount a significant challenge to Kibaki as he runs for a second five-year term.

The Nation and Wikipedia agree that Kenyatta studied Political Science at the College, but the Nation suggests he also studied Economics. As a member of the class of ‘85, Kenyatta just missed rubbing shoulders with future heads of state like Prince Albert of Monaco (class of ‘81) and former Salvadoran president Francisco Flores (also ‘81.)

Parker Morse '96 | September 8, 2006 08:23 PM | Alumni

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