Editing Daniel arap Moi (section)

==Early life and entry into politics==
Moi was born Toroitich arap (son of) Moi, Toroitich meaning "welcome home the cattle", in the [[Gregory Rift|Rift Valley]] village of Kuriengwo, which is now in [[Sacho]] division of [[Baringo County]].<ref name="mcfadden1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/obituaries/daniel-arap-moi-dead.html |title=Daniel arap Moi, Who Ruled Kenya for Decades, Dies at 96 |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=3 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 February 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200204081553/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/obituaries/daniel-arap-moi-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Moi's father, Kimoi arap Chebii, died in 1928. Moi was only four then and little is known about his mother, Kabon. What is known is that Tuitoek, his elder brother, became his guardian. Moi was one of the herdsboys from Sacho location recommended to join the new [[Africa Inland Mission]] (AIM) School at [[Kabartonjo]] in 1934 before it was shifted to [[Kapsabet]].<ref name="theeastafrican1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/The-First-Lady-Kenya-never-had/4552908-5443212-10yyqggz/index.html |title=ARCHIVE: The First Lady Kenya never had |website=The East African |language=en |access-date=4 February 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204093513/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/The-First-Lady-Kenya-never-had/4552908-5443212-10yyqggz/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was from the [[Tugen people|Tugen]] sub-group of the [[Kalenjin people]].<ref name="Quartz"/>

At the African Mission School at Kabartonjo, Moi became a Christian and adopted the name Daniel.<ref name="mcfadden1" /> Moi attended Tambach Teachers Training College after its relocation from Kabartonjo from 1945 to 1947. This is after the colonial government denied him a chance to enroll at [[Alliance High School (Kenya)|Alliance High School]]. He later attended Kagumo Teacher's College,<ref name="theeastafrican1" /> and taught classes at Tambach Teacher's Training College. Later he became the headmaster of a school in the [[Keiyo District]]. He worked as a teacher from 1946 until 1955.<ref name="theeastafrican1" />

Moi entered politics in 1955 when he was elected Member of the Legislative Council for Rift Valley. He was the chosen replacement of Dr. John ole Tameno, the former representative who had had to quit due to heavy drinking and suspected connections to the freedom movement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sde.co.ke/thenairobian/article/2001237797/the-vet-who-often-sent-debt-reminders-to-president-jomo-kenyatta-handed-mzee-moi-the-mantle |title=The vet who often sent debt reminders to President Jomo Kenyatta 'handed' Mzee Moi the mantle |website=Standard Digital News |access-date=12 January 2018 |archive-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160702/https://www.sde.co.ke/thenairobian/article/2001237797/the-vet-who-often-sent-debt-reminders-to-president-jomo-kenyatta-handed-mzee-moi-the-mantle |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1957 Moi was re-elected Member of the Legislative Council for Rift Valley. Moi was part of the Kenyan delegation at the [[Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya)|Lancaster House Conferences]] in London, which drafted the country's first post-independence constitution, and in 1961, he became Minister of Education in the pre-independence government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498749 |work=BBC News |date=4 February 2020 |title=Obituary: Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president |access-date=11 February 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213114551/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498749 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1960 he founded the [[Kenya African Democratic Union]] (KADU) with Ronald Ngala as a [[Parliamentary opposition|political alternative]] to the [[Kenya African National Union]] (KANU) led by Jomo Kenyatta. KADU pressed for a [[Federalism|federalist]] constitution, while KANU was in favour of [[Unitary state|a centralized government]]. The advantage lay with the numerically stronger KANU, and the first post-independence constitution emphasised national unity, structuring the country as a unitary state.<ref>{{cite journal |title='Yours in Struggle for Majimbo'. Nationalism and the Party Politics of Decolonization in Kenya, 1955-64 |author=David M. Anderson |journal=Journal of Contemporary History
|volume=40 |pages = 547–564|number=3 |date=July 2005|jstor = 30036342|doi = 10.1177/0022009405054571|s2cid=143835439 }}</ref>