There was no immediate explanation for Mr Moi's death, but he had been in and out of hospital with breathing problems in recent months."Our nation and our continent were immensely blessed by the dedication and service of the late ... Moi, who spent almost his entire adult life serving Kenya and Africa," President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a statement.
Mr Moi rewrote the constitution to legalise de facto one-party rule, which secured power for his Kenya African National Union until 1991, when Mr Moi caved in to international pressure to reintroduce multi-party politics. Prisoners say they were sometimes denied food and water and beaten to confess to fictitious crimes or just for revenge.
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