Who was the first prime minister of independent Kenya?

• Daniel arap Moi
• Tom Mboya
• Oginga Odinga
• Jomo Kenyatta

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Jomo Kenyatta, an African statesman and nationalist, was the first prime minister (1963-64) and then president (1964-78) of independent Kenya. As president, he encouraged foreign investment from Western and other countries. Largely as a result of his policies, Kenya's gross national product grew almost fivefold from 1971 to 1981, and its rate of economic growth was among the highest on the continent in the first two decades after independence. But though economic growth benefited large numbers of people, it also led to tremendous disparities of wealth, much of which was in the hands of Kenyatta's family and close associates. This concentration of wealth, along with an extremely high rate of population growth, meant that most Kenyans did not realize a correspondingly large increase in their living standards under Kenyatta's leadership. In foreign policy, Kenyatta's government was consistently friendly toward the West. Kenyatta made Kenya the stablest black African country and one of the most economically dynamic as well. After his death at Mombasa in 1978, Kenyatta was succeeded by Daniel arap Moi, who continued most of his policies.

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