who is jomo kenyatta
August 22, 1978. Mombasa, Kenya. Jomo Kenyatta, original name Kamau Ngengi (born c. 1894, Ichaweri, British East Africa [now in Kenya]âdied August 22, 1978, Mombasa, Kenya) African statesman and nationalist, the first prime minister (1963â64) and then the first president (1964â78) of independent Kenya.