Kenya: longest serving spymaster, James Kanyotu, who was secretive even in death

Kenya: The man who served as founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s spy chief became an integral part of Daniel arap Moi’s security apparatus.

This was after the latter took over the reins following Kenyatta’s death in 1978.

James Kanyotu, who broke records of sorts when he became Kenya’s intelligence chief at 28, was intensely private.

Not much was known…