1978 Kenyan presidential election

none 1978 Kenyan presidential election Kenya presidential no 1974 Kenyan general election 1974 1979 Kenyan general election 1979 1978 11 08 President Daniel Arap Moi Daniel Arap Moi Presidential elections were held in Kenya on 8 November 1978, the first not to be held concurrently with parliamentary elections. They followed the death in office of President Jomo Kenyatta in August 1978. The then-Vice President, Daniel arap Moi, who was sworn in as Acting President for a 90-day interim period beginning at the moment of Kenyatta's death,Kuria 1991 121 Assensoh 1998 67 Cullen 2016 521 was the sole candidate and was automatically elected without a vote being held. References Bibliography Assensoh A. B. 1998 African Political Leadership: Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, and Julius K. Nyerere Krieger Publishing Company Malabar, Florida 978-0894649110 Poppy Cullen 2016 Funeral Planning: British Involvement in the Funeral of President Jomo Kenyatta The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 44 3 513–532 10.1080/03086534.2016.1175737 156552406 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/255158/5/Cullen-2016-Journal_of_Imperial_and_Commonwealth_History_VoR.pdf free Kuria Gibson Kamau Confronting Dictatorship in Kenya Journal of Democracy 2 4 1991 115–126 10.1353/jod.1991.0060 154003550 1978 Category:One-party elections Category:1978 in Kenya Kenya Category:Uncontested elections Category:Single-candidate elections