Retired President Daniel Moi repeatedly proved himself as a fearless man during his tenure which lasted for over two decades.
One of such scenarios was the course of the 1982 botched coup, where the head of state almost refused to be driven into hiding from his Kabarak Home in Nakuru, maintaining that he would not leave his home.
A similar show of fearlessness happened when he was flying back from an Austrian trip, with his plane almost crash landing.
With him were his delegation and security officers led by Brigadier Wilson Boinett (retired), who was then Head of Intelligence and his Escort Commander, the late Elijah Sumbeiywo.
And when the plane got caught up in turbulence, everyone on board ducked for safety, except the President who was steadily upright, trying to establish the problem.
“It was an emergency and all of us ducked, holding our hands under our seats but to our surprise, the President was standing trying to establish what was wrong. He was not shaken at all,” he was quoted by a Standard publication dated October 2012.
The President endured all the shaking on his feet and had to be begged by Sumbeiywo to take his seat when the pilots managed to stabilize the airplane.
“I remember Sumbeiywo telling him: ‘On behalf of the people of Kenya and in the name of God, Your Excellency, please take your seat.’ When Mzee heard God’s name invoked, he agreed to take his seat,” added Boinett, according to the paper.
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