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Jomo Kenyatta

President of Kenya, 1964 to 1978

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Led Kenya to independence from Britain and ruled for 15 years, encouraging private enterprise and keeping close ties with the West.

Jomo Kenyatta sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority, leaning nationalist on nation and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Jomo Kenyatta sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Jomo Kenyatta

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…96%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Pridan Moshe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.