Gideon Moi
{{short description|Kenyan politician}}
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| office = Member of the Kenyan Senate
| term_start = 28 March 2013
| term_end = 8 September 2022
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| constituency = Baringo County
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| successor = William Kipkorir Cheptumo
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| predecessor2 = Uhuru Kenyatta
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| term_start3 = 2003
| term_end3 = 2007
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Gideon Kipsielei Towett Moi (born 22 October 1963) is a Kenyan politician and former senator of Baringo County, from 2013 to 2022. He was elected with a landslide win of over 80%, trouncing his opponent Jackson Kosgei.{{Cite web|title=Senator Gideon Moi is President Moi’s political heir|url=https://kenyan-daily.com/senator-gideon-moi-officially-endorsed-as-daniel-mois-official-political-heir/|access-date=2020-08-19}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=Joy and tears among relatives|url=https://www.nation.co.kehttps//www.nation.co.ke/kenya/news/politics/joy-and-tears-among-relatives--850512|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Daily Nation}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is also the party leader of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which for decades was the ruling party in Kenya. He is the youngest son of Kenya's second president, Daniel arap Moi, and Lena Moi. His siblings include; Phillip Moi, Jonathan Moi, John Mark Moi, Raymond Moi (former MP for Rongai), Jennifer Jemutai Kositany, Doris Moi, June Moi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/328453-daniel-arap-moi-family-wife-kids-siblings.html|title=Daniel arap Moi family: Wife, kids and siblings|last=Obiero|first=Gladys Mokeira|date=2020-02-11|website=Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news.|access-date=2020-02-13}}
Early life
Gideon Moi has seven siblings, namely: Doris Moi, Jennifer Jemutai Kositany, June Moi, Raymond Moi, Jonathan Toroitich, Philip Moi and John Mark Moi.{{Cite web|title=President Moi and the dynasty|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/3922/President_Moi_and_the_dynasty_|access-date=2021-07-28|website=africa-confidential.com}}
Personal life
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Moi is married to Zahra Moi, with whom he has three children: Kimoi, Kigen and Lulu.
Moi has played polo for the Gilgil-based Manyatta club.Daily Nation: June 28, 2007: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=101246 Polo club celebrates centenary]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Uniquely for Kenyan politicians, Moi has managed to keep his personal life private.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-21|title=How Gideon built his image during Moi funeral|url=https://www.pd.co.ke/opinion/columnists/how-gideon-built-his-image-during-moi-funeral-25591/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=People Daily}}{{Cite web|title=Moi son’s fight over wealth erupts – Weekly Citizen|url=https://weeklycitizen.co.ke/moi-sons-fight-over-wealth-erupts/|access-date=2020-08-19}}
In February 2020, Gideon Moi lost his father, the former President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50238081|title=Kenya's former President Moi dies aged 95|date=2020-02-04|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-13}} In July 2004 he lost his mother, Lena Moi.
Presidential ambitions
Moi is the leader of KANU political party in Kenya. A favoured son of Kenya's former president, he had been groomed as a presidential candidate by his father. In 2017 general elections, he rallied KANU to support Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term, despite Moi's unease for the candidature which also included his political nemesis, William Samoei Arap Ruto.
Moi had announced his intentions to run in the 2022 Kenyan presidential elections but shelved his ambitions after joining the Azimio One Kenya Alliance led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga and its chairman former president Uhuru Kenyatta. He continued to serve as a senator and Chairman of the Senate ICT Committee in the Senate until 2022.https://www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/Leaders-demand-Gideon-Moi-succeeds-Uhuru/1064-4749418-qes624z/index.html | Leaders demand Gideon Moi succeeds Uhuru in 2022 - Daily Nation He defended his seat in the 2022 elections but lost to William Cheptumo of UDA.
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Category:Members of the Senate of Kenya
Category:Kenya African National Union politicians
Category:Alumni of Strathmore School
Category:Alumni of St. Mary's School, Nairobi
Category:Alumni of the University of Salford
Category:People from Baringo County