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NAME: Jomo Kenyatta
OCCUPATION: Activist, World Leader, Prime Minister
BIRTH DATE: c. 1894
DEATH DATE: August 22, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ichaweri, Kenya
PLACE OF DEATH: Mombasa, Kenya

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As the first leader of a unified, independent Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta brought stability and economic growth to the former British colony.

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Born in 1894, Kamau Ngengi took the name Kenyatta, which is Kikuyu for the fancy belt he wore, and Jomo ("burning spear"). He began a newspaper and protest movement that spent decades demanding an independent Kenya. So when the British finally left Kenya,

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