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Article: Kenya's President Moi Denies Charges of Rights Abuses ;Moi Says U.S. Should Boost Military Aid
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 12, 1987
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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, whose government has been
criticized by U.S. officials for human rights abuses, said today
there has "never been a torture" in his country.
Moi said that the U.S. Congress, now considering a bill that
would condition foreign aid on improvement in this country's human
rights record, should stay out of Kenya's "internal affairs."
"The remarks that have been made by Congress regarding Kenya and
Kenya's human rights have no substance. We are the freest country in
Africa," Moi said.
Moi's remarks came in a 30-minute interview with The Washington
Post, the first he has granted an American journalist in his nearly
nine years as president of this East African ...