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The life and times Daniel Toroitich arap Moi

Former President Daniel arap Moi who died this morning at Nairobi Hospital. [Archive, Standard]

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was born on September 2, 1924 in a small village of Kurieng’wo in Sacho Location of Baringo District.

He was named after his father Kimoi arap Chebii a Sot clan herdsman whose ancestors had migrated from the slopes of Mt. Kenya. They settled in the Tugen Hills to avoid intermittent skirmishes with the Maasai in the 19th Century.

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