Uhuru Kenyatta: I choose not to mourn President Daniel Moi but to celebrate an icon

President Uhuru Kenyatta when he received former President Daniel arap Moi's body at State House, Nairobi, ahead of the national memorial service at Nyayo Stadium on February 11, 2020. [PSCU]

“I choose not to mourn, but to celebrate the life of an icon, Uhuru says; adds that he transformed the civil service and education sector,” said President Uhuru as he gave his tribute to the late former President Daniel arap Moi.

President Uhuru described the sense of sadness and loss that engulfed him upon receiving the news of Mzee Moi’s passing. How with a heavy heart, he closed his eyes and said a word of prayer of peace and comfort for the late President Moi’s family, friends, nation and continent; “For he was indeed truly a legendary son of Kenya and Africa.”