(17 Sep 1997) T/I: 10:17:42
Kenya's President, Daniel arap Moi, was on Tuesday (16/9) endorsed unopposed by the ruling party as presidential candidate in upcoming elections.
Speaking to 4000 delegates at the Kenya African National Union (KANU) national delegates conference, the 74-year-old ruler said KANU was the only party that could unite Kenyans.
There was some muted criticism by delegates over the further postponement of long-overdue party polls which could have brought major changes ahead of elections.
SHOWS:
NAIROBI, KENYA. 16/09
WS interior International Sports centre,
crowds cheering;
Moi arrives;
more crowd;
SOT Moi, (poor sound quality): "I don't want my name used for bad things, I want my name to be used for the betterment of Kenya";
More crowd;
Moi leaves;
band plays;
Moi salutes;
WS crowd of opposition supporters in street;
Matiba telling people to burn voter registration cards, with Balala holding card;
Opposition figures walking through Nairobi;
WS press conference;
SOT Orengo reading statement, "We shall make this country ungovernable in order to achieve the resignation of Moi so that the appropriate and due reforms can be put in place. As long as Moi remains to wield this country's power, no real change is possible";
Cutaway of Balala listening;
SOT Matiba, "Good luck to him and to those who think like him, because the people of Kenya have rejected, have rejected Moi";
WS press conference.
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