On August 1, 1982 lower-level air force personnel, led by Senior Private Grade-I Hezekiah Ochuka and backed by university students, attempted a coup d ' état to oust Moi.

Moi pardoned them but not before establishing their traitor status in the public view.

President Daniel Moi of Kenya issued a decree against it in December 2001.

Voters rejected the Kenya African National Union's ( KANU ) presidential candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta, the handpicked candidate of outgoing president Moi.

* Moi Day ( Kenya )

* 1924 – Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan politician, 2nd President of Kenya

** Daniel arap Moi becomes president of Kenya.

* August 1 – Attempted coup against government of Daniel Arap Moi in Kenya.

In 1989 Richard Leakey was appointed the head of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Department ( WMCD ) by President Daniel Arap Moi in response to the international outcry over the poaching of elephants and the impact it was having on the wildlife of Kenya.

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( born 2 September 1924 ) is a Kenyan politician who was the President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.

After Kenya gained independence on 12 December 1963, Kenyatta convinced Moi that KADU and KANU should be merged to complete the process of decolonisation.

At that time Kenya had received much foreign aid, and the country was accepted as being well governed with Moi as a legitimate leader and firmly in charge.

In 1999 the findings of NGOs like Amnesty International and a special investigation by the United Nations were published which indicated that human rights abuses were prevalent in Kenya under the Moi regime.

The businessman Ali Nasir claimed to have paid Moi 2 million US $ in cash to obtain government approval for the World Duty Free Limited investment in Kenya.

* State House Kenya Profile of Daniel Toroitich arap Moi

It steered Kenya to side with the west during the cold war, with both Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi using apparent links to the Soviet Union as pretexts to crush political dissent.

When Daniel arap Moi succeeded Jomo Kenyatta as President of Kenya in 1978, Kibaki was elevated to Vice Presidency, and kept the Finance portfolio until Moi changed his ministerial portfolio from Finance to Home Affairs in 1982.

Kenya is also much more democratic and freer in the Kibaki era than it was during the Kenyatta and Moi eras.

Changamwe: Industrial area which contains the Kipevu power generation projects, the Kenya Oil Refinery Company facility and housing estates such as Chaani and is the gateway to the Moi International Airport.

Daniel arap Moi the former President of Kenya who ruled for 24 years was KADU's chairman and attended the Lancaster House Conferences with Ronald Ngala.

In 1999 Moi appointed Uhuru the new chairman of the Kenya Tourism Board, where he worked with Kenya's political power-broker Nicholas Biwott, a very close confidante of the president.

* The IU-Kenya Partnership program with Moi University School of Medicine, Kenya

The national universities with medical faculties in Kenya, namely Egerton University, University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University, Moi University, and Maseno University award MB ChB.

The main airbase operating fighters is Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, while Moi Air Base in Eastleigh, Nairobi is the HQ & operations Kenya Air Force.

The new President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, was attempting to limit the amount of influence those of the Kikuyu ethnicity held in the country, including in volunteer civic organizations such as the NCWK.

Moi !” whereupon the poor dog runs up, and Hinauri, learning the truth, throws herself into the sea ( Tregear 1891: 107 ).

* Mr. Moto Takes a Chance ( 1938 ) — Undercover as an archeologist in Thailand, Moto is trying to find out who is the head of a revolutionary army that is smuggling guns and explosives into the tiny village of Tong Moi.

The allegation made some 12 years later during a Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry established in March 2003 to again look into the murder of Dr Ouko, that Dr Ouko had been banished by President Moi whilst on the visit to Washington, stripped of his ministerial rank, sent home on a different flight, his bodyguards dismissed, his passport removed on arrival in Nairobi, would also seem to be without foundation.

In October 1990, President Moi appointed a public inquiry into the case chaired by Justice Evans Gicheru.

He has translated several books of French origin, including Virginie Despentes ' novel Baise Moi ( which was later adapted into a controversial film ); the writers Robbe-Grillet, Pierre Guyotat, Sollers, Benoît Duteurtre, Grégoire Bouillier, Philippe Djian, Martin Page and Nelly Arcan ; and, though it is quite far away from his usual subject matter, the autobiography of Céline Dion.

The party, then split into two factions after Muliro died due to a disagreement on who was to run for the presidency against President Moi.

During the 1990s, the group had migrated into Nairobi with the acceptance of the government under Daniel arap Moi and began to dominate the matatu ( private minibus taxi ) industry.

Although it appears that the peaceful transfer of power to Mwai Kibaki may have involved an understanding that Moi would not stand trial for offences committed during his presidency, foreign aid donors reiterated their requests and Kibaki reopened the inquiry.

President Kibaki's first term was about reviving and turning round the Kenyan economy after years of economic mis-management during the Moi years-a feat that was largely attained in the face of great challenges, including the President's ill health at the time, and political tension culminating in the break-up of the NARC coalition. The introduction of free primary education, was a great milestone.

President Kibaki, the economist whose term as Finance minister in the 1970s is widely celebrated as outstanding, has done much to repair the damage to the country ’ s economy during the 24-year reign of his predecessor, President Moi.

Numerous state corporations that had collapsed during the Moi years have been revived and are performing profitably.

Rebuilding, modernization and expansion of infrastructure has been going on in earnest, with several ambitious infrastructural and other projects, which would have been seen as unattainable pipe dreams during the bland and largely stagnant Moi years, planned or ongoing.

* Jackson Harvester Angaine-1900-1999 Former Minister during Kenyatta and Moi Cabinet

* Nteere Mbogori-1934-2008 Former MP North Imenti Constituency, Assistant Minister during Moi regime a seasoned orator, and one of the co-founder of GEMA

" On 12 December, in Uhuru Park, during a speech celebrating independence from the British, President Moi suggested Maathai be a proper woman in the African tradition and respect men and be quiet.

In June 1992, during the lengthy protest at Uhuru Park, both Maathai and President arap Moi travelled to Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Environment and Development ( Earth Summit ).

Ten C-130s and 400 people deployed to Moi International Airport, Mombasa, Kenya, during Operation Provide Relief, airlifting aid to remote areas in Somalia to reduce reliance on truck convoys.