Today, 47 years ago, on August 22, 1978 (Calendar July 19, 1978), Kenya's first president, Kenya, died. Kenya's first president, Jomo-Kenya, died on August 22, 1978. Kenya's first president, Jomo-Kenya (1891-1978) was born in the village of Engada near Nairobi in 1891; organized the East African Association in 1922; served as secretary general of the Central Association of Djibouti in 1928; participated in the Pan-African Congress in the following year; served as chairman of the African Union of Kenya in June 1947. He was arrested in 1952 to lead the Mumbai Movement, and sentenced to imprisonment and exile. He was released in 1961 as chairman of the African National Union of Kenya. He served as prime minister of the Autonomous Government in 1963. He served as