For more than nine decades that former President Daniel Moi has strutted across the globe wielding power and making things happen.
Unlike men of his caliber who do not shy away from mentioning their brothers and sisters, Moi's personal life remained under wraps and a big chunk of Kenyans never actually knew he had an elder brother.
Kenyans.co.ke discovered that Moi's elder brother, Paulo Tuitoek Moi, played a very pivotal role in the former president's life from a very tender age of four.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, Moi's long-serving press secretary Lee Njiru disclosed that Moi held his brother in high regard and often looked after his interests.
"I do not know too much about Paulo but I knew he had a brother called Paulo. I never interacted with him but he was a loving brother and it was Moi who introduced him to Christianity," noted Njiru.
The former president had seen to it that Paulo, who later passed away in 1995, was formally ordained into the religion by preparing a baptism exercise for him at Sacho High School in Kabarnet.
Way before the tables turned, however, World Bank and Daily Nation had documented that Paulo had assumed a very pivotal role in his brother's life and was most likely the reason Moi achieved so much success.
Born on September 2, 1924, the former president had lived a normal life with his brothers and sisters, he was the 5th child of Kabon, Kimoi arap Chebii's senior wife, until his father passed on when he was aged four years.
The young boy's responsibility was later thrust onto Paulo, who became Moi's guardian.
The two organisations pointed out that 'Tuitoek influenced him to go to school at an early age as a way of running away from poverty and injustices that characterised colonial rule.'
Taking his brother's advice, the young man enrolled at the African Inland Mission school, Kabartonjo, in 1934 and endured 28 miles walk to school.
In 1945, he got posted into Alliance High School but could not join due to the colonialist's stringent rules but secured a slot at a teachers training college and later became a teacher.
Since embracing Christianity at a young age, the former president practiced patience and tolerance.
In October 1955 the electoral college selected Moi from a list of eight nominated candidates to fill a vacancy left by Joseph ole Tameno who resigned from the unofficial benches of the legislative council.
He worked diligently and eventually became president in 1978 after the death of the founding leader Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
