World Leader
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenyan founding father
69
Total Mentions
1
Direct Quotes
1960
First Mention
2023
Latest Mention
Most Frequent Citing Countries
Kenya(31)Ethiopia(3)United Republic of Tanzania(2)United Arab Republic(2)Tanzania(2)Sri Lanka(2)Saint Lucia(2)Mauritius(2)
Direct Quotations (1)
"I pledge to take the needed sustainable actions to end all preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents within a generation and ensure their well-being, and we hold ourselves accountable for our collective progress towards that goal."
2017Kenya
View SpeechAll Mentions (37)
2023·Burkina Faso
ViewSylvanus Olympic of Togo. Che Guevara of Argentina. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X of the United States of America. Nelson Mandela of South Africa. Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya. Amilcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. Marien Ngouabi of the Republic of the Congo and Captain Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara of Burk
2022·Democratic Republic of Congo
Viewe one hand, and by the FARDC and the command of that regional force, on the other. Fourthly, we must encourage the honorary President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the President of Angola, Joao Lourengo, mediators of the EAC and the AU in the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to conti
2019·Federal Republic of Somalia
Viewptember, President Al Sisi of Egypt, who is also the current Chairperson of the African Union, convened and chaired a meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and me. The meeting was very fruitful. We agreed to restore our good brotherly relationship and strengthen our diplomatic and political coop
2018·Sudan
ViewGAD, His Excellency Mr. Abiy Ahmed; the President of Uganda, His Excellency Mr. Yoweri Museveni; and the President of Kenya, His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta. Their concerted efforts were in line with those of our President, His Excellency Mr. Omar al-Bashir, all of which led to the possibility of bringing
2014·Kenya
View, as well as free care for mothers and children in all government hospitals. In that respect, I wish to commend the first Lady of Kenya, Ms. Margaret Kenyatta, for successfully launching the Beyond Zero Campaign that is tapping into private sector financing to bolster the management of chronic preventable d
2013·Guinea-Bissau
Viewsm in the name of religious intolerance. We offer our full support to the sister nations of Nigeria and Kenya, Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Uhuru Kenyatta, their Governments and the families of all the victims. We hope that neighbouring Guinea undergoes a successful electoral process, paving the path fo
2013·Antigua and Barbuda
Viewman rights protection. We therefore condemn the recent terrorist acts in Kenya and express our profound sympathy to the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta and the families of those who lost loved ones. We also in the strongest sense condemn acts of terrorism in other parts of the world. Antigua and Barb
2013·Seychelles
View take this opportunity to express our solidarity and our sympathy to the Government and the people of Kenya, as well as personally to President Uhuru Kenyatta, as Kenya recovers from the barbaric attacks in Nairobi on Saturday. Such acts of terrorism strengthen our resolve to ensure that we build a shared f
2013·Tanzania
Viewrepeated requests and appeals by the African Union. It was sad to note that legitimate requests regarding the timing of the trials of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto went unanswered. That attitude has become a major handicap in terms of reconciling the Court’s secondary and comple
1995·Saint Lucia
View Lucia’s Nobel laureate, Sir Arthur Lewis, and others, such as C.L.R. James and George Padmore, were strong influences on persons like Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta and Sékou Touré. This historic link between the Caribbean and Africa must continue, especially at a time when the entire international community is d
1984·Malaysia
Viewbe. The great liberation movements after the Second World War could be understood only when people knew that Gandhi was not "a half-naked fakir", nor Kenyatta a representative of the forces of evil and darkness, nor Nasser an upstart and an irresponsible trouble-maker.
1982·Argentina
Viewthat some of the major leaders of the developing world and champions in our day of the freedom and independence of peoples—men such as Nehru, Nasser, Kenyatta, Nyerere and Archbishop Makarios, among others—had to confront at various times in their political struggles the colonial or neo-colonial domi¬nation
1978·Sri Lanka
Viewg away of Pope John Paul I, whose brief but promising period of office was marked by dedication to world peace. 127. The late President of Kenya, Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, was a symbol of a nationalist statesman who dedicated his life to securing freedom for his people at a crucial stage in Africa's struggle against co
1978·Bangladesh
Viewr moral and human values and also the contribution he made in promoting understanding, tolerance and peace among peoples of the world. President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, a great leader and statesman, symbolized the spirit of resurgence in new Africa. The examples of courage, sacrifice and vision that he set as a free
1978·Mauritius
Viewntly been the victims of natural disasters, and to the Government and people of Kenya in their bereavement on the loss of their great President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. 5. My country views with concern the intensifying conflicts among African States on the continent of Africa. 6.
1978·Grenada
Viewed States of America, Hubert Humphrey, and more recently that of one of the champions of the liberation of black Africa, the late President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta. The Caribbean also mourns the passing of a distinguished leader, Premier Robert Bradshaw of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguila, a man who during his 30 ye
1978·Kenya
Viewllency Mr. Daniel Arap Moi and the entire Kenyan people for the immense tributes paid to the founding Father of the Kenya nation, His Excellency Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who passed away on 22 August 1978. In his passing away, Kenya lost not only its liberator but also its guiding light for the period since independen
1976·Kenya
Viewpart of my statement, I have the honor to convey, through you, to all delegates here assembled, warm greetings from my President, His Excellency Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the Government and people of the Republic of Kenya.
1975·Kenya
Viewwarmly on your election to this high and onerous office. In doing so, may I also bring to you and this Assembly warm greetings from my President, Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, the Government and the people of Kenya. Your election is proof of the confidence placed in you personally and in your country by the General Assembl
1974·Kenya
Viewof the General Assembly. I have the pleasure also to bring to you and, through you, to the Assembly the greetings of my President His Excellency Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who is a distinguished fighter for freedom and justice in the continent of Africa, and also of the Government and the people of Kenya. He, like the
1973·Kenya
View. President and representatives, I bring to you the greetings and good wishes for the success of our deliberations from His Excellency President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya. That veteran fighter for freedom, liberty and independence for the oppressed people of the world now stands ready to fight
1972·Kenya
View): I should first of all like to convey the greetings of the President of Kenya, H.E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, to the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 2. My delegation also wishes to convey its felicitations to the newly e
1971·Kenya
ViewIn the name of my President, H.E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and my delegation from Kenya, am very happy to bid welcome to Foreign Minister Adam Malik of Indonesia as the President of the twenty-sixth session o
1970·Kenya
View36. Mr. President, on behalf of His Excellency, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the President of the Republic of Kenya and my delegation, I am happy to extend congratulations to you on your election to the Presidency of this aug
1968·Kenya
Viewion’s support and co-operation in his difficult task. 161. I have also the very pleasant duty of conveying a message from the President of Kenya, Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, who has sent his good wishes for the success of the deliberations of the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. 162. I should like also to ex
1967·Kenya
Viewo doing, Britain is giving Smith and his minority band of rabid racists more time to entrench themselves. On this I would like to quote my President, Jomo Kenyatta, who, on Madaraka Day last year, said: "In our view, no solution could be found in furtive discussions at junior level between the colonial Power and
1965·Kenya
Viewent of such friendship will not entitle any friend to choose enemies for us. Here I could do no better than echo the sentiments of my President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, whom I quote: "We welcome genuine friendship but we detest flattery. We welcome co-operation and assistance but we shall not be bought or blackmaile
1964·Burundi
Viewongolese question at the third extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers, which appointed an ad hoc Commission, under the chairmanship of Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, then Prime Minister of Kenya and now President of the Republic of Kenya, to supervise the implementation of the resolution adopted by the Council. T
1964·Ethiopia
Viewe ad hoc commission established at this emergency session spared no effort, under the astute guidance of one of Africa's valiant sons, Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, to conciliate the various factions in the Congo in an effort to restore order and to safeguard peace in that area. The attempt to find a so
1964·Kenya
View1. My delegation wishes to bring to you all warm greetings and best wishes from my President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. On behalf of the President, the people and the delegation of Kenya, permit me to express to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on your
1964·United Republic of Tanzania
Viewting, the OAU was expressing its deprecation of the solution of military pacification. By setting up the Ad Hoc Commission, under the chairmanship of Jomo Kenyatta, the OAU sought to provide the machinery for an African solution as well as a forum for a dialogue for Congolese national reconciliation. 142. My cou
1964·United Arab Republic
Viewestablished by the Organization of African Unity and composed of twelve members of that organization under the effective leadership of His Excellency Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya, has a mandate to find a solution to the Congolese question based on the principle of national conciliation, and an end to civil
1963·
View worst form of cruelty against the African people of Kenya simply because they were demanding their freedom. The present Prime Minister of Kenya, Mr. Jomo Kenyatta, himself languished in a British prison for over ten years for the same reason; not long ago the last British Governor described Mr. Kenyatta as a le
1963·Australia
View The representatives of Ghana and Uganda and Nigeria have already said as much in their speeches here. 59. I was glad to note the recent words of Mr. Kenyatta, the Prime Minister of Kenya —a country whose representatives we shall shortly welcome among us and, I might mention, one of whose senior officials i
1961·Ethiopia
ViewWe applaud the release from prison of Jomo Kenyatta and his resumption of the leadership of our neighbour, Kenya. To refer only to recent history, my Government and people have strong associations and
1960·Mali
View favour of any draft resolution establishing a time-table for the end of colonialism in the regions of the world still under its yoke. The country of Jomo Kenyatta, the country of Tom Mboya and all the countries of western, central and eastern Africa must, as soon as possible, become independent of all foreign c
1960·Cameroon
Viewe me comment on the sufferings of Africa and of humanity as a whole. "When we demand independence for Algeria, we should like to see them demand that Jomo Kenyatta be freed, denounce the repression of the Mau Mau, demand the return of the rich land stolen from the Wameru and, finally, demand also immediate indep
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| 2023 | Burkina Faso | View |
| 2022 | Democratic Republic of Congo | View |
| 2019 | Federal Republic of Somalia | View |
| 2018 | Sudan | View |
| 2014 | Kenya | View |
| 2013 | Guinea-Bissau | View |
| 2013 | Antigua and Barbuda | View |
| 2013 | Seychelles | View |
| 2013 | Tanzania | View |
| 1995 | Saint Lucia | View |
| 1984 | Malaysia | View |
| 1982 | Argentina | View |
| 1978 | Sri Lanka | View |
| 1978 | Bangladesh | View |
| 1978 | Mauritius | View |
| 1978 | Grenada | View |
| 1978 | Kenya | View |
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