Retired President Daniel Moi\u2019s first grandson Clint Kiprono Moi has given an emotional tribute to his grandfather. He was speaking during\u00a0Moi’s funeral service\u00a0at Kabarak University Grounds.Clint\u00a0is the son\u00a0of the late Jonathan Moi, the eldest son of Mzee Moi. Jonathan\u00a0died in April 2019.<\/p>\n
Mixed emotions<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI find myself in a state of mixed emotions as I pay tribute to my grandfather,\u201d he started.To Clint, besides Moi being a statesman, \u201cHe was a man of such great stature that the name Moi was synonymous with president.\u201d\u00a0He recalled when he was younger, a common joke among his peers was, \u201cMoi wa Uganda ni nani?\u00a0(Who is the Moi of Uganda?)\u201d<\/p>\n For a man who was many things to many people, a leader, environmentalist, mentor and educationalist; to Clint, Moi was simply a grandfather.He told mourners how he feels immensely privileged to be Mzee Moi\u2019s first grandson.<\/p>\n Memories from a first grandchild<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFor us his grandchildren, he instilled the importance of having ambition, focus, humility and above all the love of Christ who is the purveyor of all wisdom,\u201d he said.Clint was thankful to the people of Baringo, \u201cI want to thank you for gifting Mzee Moi to my family and to the world. We could not have experienced his greatness without your support.\u201dIn his quest as an educationalist, Clint said, Moi understood that education is a great equalizer and wielded it as a powerful tool to empower Kenyans.\u201cI\u2019m happy in the faith that you are together in heaven with Christ and also together with my late grandmother Lena, with my late father Jonathan and with our late cousin Kiprono,\u201d he concluded amid tears from a section of mourners who were present.<\/p>\n Thousands attend Moi’s final sendoff<\/strong><\/p>\n Mourners\u00a0filled the Kabarak grounds at the crack of dawn\u00a0ahead of the sendoff of Kenya\u2019s longest-serving president.The helicopter carrying Mzee Moi\u2019s body landed at Kabarak airstrip at around 8.40am. The flag-draped casket was offloaded from the gun carriage and gently wheeled to repose.The service was televised on screens at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru, Moi\u2019s ancestral home in Sacho and Kabarnet town in Baringo County.Contingents of regular and Administration Police, the General Service Unit and the Kenya Defence Forces were deployed to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Retired President Daniel Moi\u2019s first grandson Clint Kiprono Moi has given an emotional tribute to his grandfather. He was speaking during\u00a0Moi’s funeral service\u00a0at Kabarak University Grounds.Clint\u00a0is the son\u00a0of the late Jonathan Moi, the eldest son of Mzee Moi. Jonathan\u00a0died in April 2019. Mixed emotions \u201cI find myself in a state of mixed emotions as I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[1126,1340,1339,1238,1112],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-ripmoi","tag-clint-kiprono-moi","tag-jonathan-moi","tag-mzee-moi","tag-president-daniel-arap-moi"],"yoast_head":"\n