On February 4, 2024, President Daniel Arap Moi's family and close friends assembled at Kabarak to celebrate the late president's fourth death anniversary.
In developed democracies, they curate their national history without leaving any of their past leaders behind. In every leader that a democracy produces, there are lessons to be learnt. These lessons act as foundations to steer a democracy toward the desired state.
Forty-six years ago, Moi took over the helm of post-independent Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta's death. At the tender age of 54, Moi became president of a country with only his predecessor, Mzee Kenyatta, to learn from, and he committed to doing so in his "Nyayo" (footsteps) philosophy.
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