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Kenya’s Boldest Voice
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Moi’s quest for peace made a mark across Africa

President Moi addresses Kenya’s soldiers taking part in peace-keeping mission in Namibia in 1989.

Nearly two decades into the Cold War, and just a year into her independence, Kenya found herself riding the waves of global power plays even before she learnt to walk.

Several borders south of the East African country, a conflict that pitted West against East was brewing and threatened to boil over into a bloody affair.

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