Five Ministers Quit in Dispute Over Nominee
From Times Wire Reports
Five Kenyan government ministers resigned, saying they had lost confidence in President Daniel Arap Moi in a dispute over the ruling party’s nominee for presidential elections.
The quintet objected to Moi’s selection of Uhuru Kenyatta as the presidential nominee of the Kenya African National Union party. Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, was a relative political unknown before Moi backed him. The ruling party is expected to hold a twice-postponed nominating convention today.
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