January 12, 1962: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta is elected unopposed as Kanu’s representative for the Fort Hall constituency in the legislative council in a by-election after Mr. Kariuki Njiiri vacated his seat for him. Here, as the party’s and Kenya’s president, Kenyatta is in a happy mood as the acting Secretary-General of Kanu, Mr. Robert Matano (right) pins a badge on his shirt before the opening of a Kanu Governing Council meeting in Mombasa in August 1971.