Here are the key dates in the life of Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's leader for almost a quarter of a century, who died on Tuesday aged 95.

1924: He is born into a poor family from the Kalenjin people and grows up in the cattle-herding and farming county of Baringo in northwestern Kenya.

1955: After working as a teacher, he enters politics and serves in legislative councils under British colonial rule.

1967: Named vice president of Kenya.

1978: Moi becomes president after the death of Jomo Kenyatta, father of Kenyan independence.

1982: He survives a botched coup, responding swiftly and harshly, with dozens arrested and fired.