Although many white Kenyans accepted Kenyatta 's rule , he remained opposed by white far right activists ; while in London at the July 1964 Commonwealth Conference , he was assaulted by Martin Webster , a British neo-Nazi . Kenyatta 's relationship with the United States was also warm ; the United States Agency for International Development played a key role in helping respond to a maize shortage in Kambaland in 1965 . Kenyatta also maintained a warm relationship with Israel , including when other East African nations endorsed Arab hostility to the state ; he for instance permitted Israeli jets to refuel in Kenya on their way back from the Entebbe raid . In turn , in 1976 the Israelis warned of a plot by the Palestinian Liberation Army to assassinate him , a threat he took seriously
July 1964 Commonwealth Conference
1964 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Jomo Kenyatta