How Daniel arap Moi’s death set Twitter ablaze in Kenya

What you need to know:

Messages show the late former president was loved and loathed in near-equal measure

Two men, 138 years apart, shared a way of life. Frederick, the Great, ruler of the Kingdom of Prussia (Germany), governed his realm with an iron fist and introduced compulsory primary education. The Prussian system consisted of an eight-year course of primary school and four years of additional training (secondary) before another four years of tertiary education. President Moi must have read the decree made by Frederick in 1763 on general school law when he restructured the British education system in 1985 to suit Kenyan learning needs. As president, Moi went ahead and invested in several educational institutions such as Kabarak University, Moi High School Kabarak, Sacho High School, Sunshine Academy, Moi Educational Centre, among others. A tweet by @KelvinAgengo that got 356 retweets and 1,200 likes between February 4 to February 14 defined the legacy of the president. It reads:

How Daniel arap Moi’s death set Twitter ablaze in Kenya

What you need to know:

Messages show the late former president was loved and loathed in near-equal measure

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