President Sahle-Work attends funeral service of Moi

Addis Ababa, February 11, 2020 (FBC)-President Sahle-Work Zewde has attended the state funeral of Kenya’s former President Daniel arap Moi in Nairobi.

President Sahle-Work said the late Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi played significant role to consolidate Kenya’s relations with Ethiopia.

“During his presidency, the bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Kenya further deepened,” she said.

Mzee Moi was instrumental in the establishment and revitalization of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), she added.

The President wished the people and government of Kenya and the bereaved families a speedy recovery from the loss.

Moi died on February 4 at the age of 95.

Stepped down in 2002, he was the country’s second president taking over after the death of Jomo Kenyatta in 1978.

Moi, born on 2 September 1924 into a farming family, was a close ally of Kenyatta in the run-up to Kenyan independence in 1963.

He served as home affairs minister from 1964 and in 1967 he became the country’s vice-president.