Lee Njiru: Moi's secret deals with Museveni and Garang

President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi of Kenya (right) and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni having a lighthearted moment. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The former head of the Presidential Press Service in Kenya, Lee Njiru, gives a rare glimpse by an insider of happenings in the corridors of power and illustrates efforts made to advance Project Kenya in his book, “President’s Press Man”. This is an extract.

The death of Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Ouko in February 1990 shocked President Moi to the core. When the news of the death was made public, I was with Moi at Rumuruti State Lodge. We had spent the night there after a grueling tour of Mt Kenya region.