Moinomics: How Moi held the economy together minus donor financing

Former President Daniel arap Moi.

The political side of President Moi‘s reign has overshadowed his economic side. Let’s try and dissect Moinomics, the economics during his reign with a scholarly knife. Moi ran the country under a constitution that gave him immense powers. We can add he did not hesitate to use that power.

His detractors underestimated him but when he got power, it was a different game. Some of his political students do not seem to have learnt this simple lesson; in politics you play the long game.