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Heroes List.
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1748–2022
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Mwai Kibaki
1930sWhy they matter
Mwai Kibaki defeated KANU's chosen successor in 2002 and ended 39 years of KANU rule in Kenya.
Kibaki won the 2002 presidential election and served until 2013. His government introduced free primary education in 2003.
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Daniel arap Moi
1920sWhy they matter
Daniel arap Moi ruled Kenya for 24 years before handing power to a new president after the 2002 election.
Moi became president in 1978 after Jomo Kenyatta's death and remained in office until 2002. Kenya returned to multiparty politics in 1991.
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Kwame Nkrumah
1900sWhy they matter
Kwame Nkrumah took the Gold Coast to independence in 1957 and gave the new country the name Ghana.
Nkrumah became prime minister of the Gold Coast in 1952 and kept the post at independence in 1957. He became president in 1960. His government hosted the first Conference of Independent African States in Accra in 1958.
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Jomo Kenyatta
1890sWhy they matter
Jomo Kenyatta spent nearly a decade in detention before becoming Kenya's first prime minister and president.
British authorities arrested Kenyatta in 1952 and held him until 1961, accusing him of links to Mau Mau. He became prime minister in June 1963, led Kenya to independence that December and became president in 1964.