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Prime Minister of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (c.1889-1978) speaks at a political rally in June 1963 after his KANU party won the election in May 1963. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Prime Minister of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (c.1889-1978) speaks at a political rally in June 1963 after his KANU party won the election in May 1963. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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25th September 1963: Kenyan Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta (1891 - 1978) with Tom Mboya, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, at the Kenyan independence conference at Lancaster House in London. (Photo by George Freston/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

25th September 1963:  Kenyan Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta (1891 - 1978) with Tom Mboya, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, at the Kenyan independence conference at Lancaster House in London.  (Photo by George Freston/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Leader of Kenya African National Union (KANU), Jomo Kenyatta, takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony, June 01, 1963 in Nairobi as he becomes Prime minister of the autonomous Kenyan government. KANU won 83 seats out of 124 in elections in May 1963. Independence of Kenya was declared on December 12, 1963. At right is governor Malcolm Macdonald looking at him holding the Bible and his famous Massai Fly-whisk. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Leader of Kenya African National Union (KANU), Jomo Kenyatta, takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony, June 01, 1963 in Nairobi as he becomes Prime minister of the autonomous Kenyan government. KANU won 83 seats out of 124 in elections in May 1963. Independence of Kenya was declared on December 12, 1963. At right is governor Malcolm Macdonald looking at him holding the Bible and his famous Massai Fly-whisk. (Photo by - / AFP)        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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25th September 1963: Kenyan Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta arriving at talks in London to discuss the independence of Kenya. Left to right - Oginga Odinga (Minister for Home Affairs), Jomo Kenyatta (Prime Minister) and Tom Mboya (MInister of Justice). (Photo by Edward Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

25th September 1963:  Kenyan Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta arriving at talks in London to discuss the independence of Kenya. Left to right - Oginga Odinga (Minister for Home Affairs), Jomo Kenyatta (Prime Minister) and Tom Mboya (MInister of Justice).  (Photo by Edward Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

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1965: President Jomo Kenyatta (1891 - 1978) wearing a leopard skin robe and hat. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

1965:  President Jomo Kenyatta (1891 - 1978) wearing a leopard skin robe and hat.  (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)