ABSTRACT
Jomo Kenyatta emerged as the undisputed leader of Kenya's independence movement, guiding the new East African nation into and through a period of economic growth and political stability. Jomo Kenyatta returned to British East Africa in 1946, assuming leadership of the Kenya African Union, a new organization esposing a more militant nationalism than previous organizations. Jomo Kenyatta possessed the prestige and abilities of a leader who could unite the disparate peoples of Kenya into a relatively stable nationstate. Jomo Kenyatta's economic policies, which involved attracting foreign aid and investment along with redistribution of formerly white-owned agricultural land to Africans, led eventually to economic growth. Jomo Kenyatta's immediate successor, Daniel arap Moi, continued his policies and made an effort to end some of the corruption. Economic woes led arap Moi to resort to authoritarian measures to suppress unrest, measures made easier to employ because of Kenyatta's decision to create a one-party state.
