Moi, Kenyan strongman who presided over rampant graft, dies

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi salutes the guard of honour at the Durban airport for the African Union conference in Durban, South Africa on July 7, 2002. REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi died aged 95, leaving behind a country still riddled by corruption that became rampant during his rule over the East African nation from 1978 to 2002.

Usually pictured carrying an ivory baton, Moi was Kenya's longest serving leader. Critics described him as a virtual dictator, but despite its poverty Kenya was more stable than many other countries in the region emerging from colonial rule.