Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's death on 22nd August 1978 led to anxiety and uncertainty in the country.He was laid to rest at exactly 12:42 pm on 31st August 1978 next to Parliament buildings in Nairobi. His Vice President Daniel arap Moi took over the mantle and steered the nation for the next 24 years. #JomoKenyatta | Presidential Library and Museum

Moi, Njonjo and Ngala file past the glass casket bearing the body of Sir Fredrick Edward Kabaka Mutesa ll in Kampala in 1971. The body had just been returned to Uganda after being exhumed from Kensal Rise Cemetery in London where it had been buried for two years. When Kabaka the first president of Uganda died in exile in London in 1969, the Baganda became hesitant to return his body to Uganda because there was an expectation that President Obote would dictate the terms of Muteesa's burial, which