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Moi admitted in hospital
Story by CHURCHILL OTIENO
Publication Date: 1/28/2008
Former President Daniel arap Moi has been admitted to hospital
with back pains.
Mr Moi is taken to Nairobi Hospital this morning and his personal
doctor, Dr David Silverstein expects he will stay in the ward for
two days.
The former president’s press secretary, Mr Lee Njiru confirmed his
admission.
“The former president experienced lower back pains following a
strain,” Mr Njiru said.
“According to Dr Silverstein, the former president was admitted
for investigation, observation and treatment,” he said.
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Kenya ex-president in hospital
AFP
Published: Jan 28, 2008
NAIROBI - Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi was admitted to
a Nairobi hospital today complaining of pain in his lower back,
his doctor David Silverstein said.
"The former president is currently undergoing investigation,
observation and treatment," the physician told AFP.
Moi, 83, was president of Kenya between 1978 and 2002.
As recently as Friday, Moi held talks with former United Nations
(UN) chief Kofi Annan, who is in Kenya to try to broker an end to
the political crisis and tribal bloodshed that erupted after
disputed December 27 presidential elections.
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Former Kenya leader Moi in
hospital with back pains
Reuters
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 9:21 GMT
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has
been admitted to hospital in the capital Nairobi after suffering
back pains, his press secretary said on Monday.
"He was admitted this morning with lower back pains, and the
doctor says he expects (Moi) to be in hospital for the next two or
so days," press secretary Lee Njiru said.
Moi stepped down in 2002 after a 24-year rule characterised by
graft which nearly ruined east Africa's biggest economy.
President Mwai Kibaki overwhelmingly beat Moi's chosen successor
in elections in 2002 but the self-styled "professor of politics"
surprised many by backing Kibaki's bid for re-election in December.
Kibaki's disputed re-election a month ago triggered weeks of chaos
after the opposition claimed that he had stolen the election.
Around 800 people have died and at least a quarter of a million
have been displaced in the fighting.
In July last year Kibaki appointed Moi, once his bitter foe, as a
special envoy to Sudan to help facilitate a peace deal in southern
Sudan, where Kenya has strong economic interests.
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