Fact Check: Kwame Nkrumah & Jomo Kenyatta – Both First PMs Then Presidents

The statement "Both Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta served as the first prime minister of their respective countries (Ghana and Kenya) before becoming president" is TRUE.

Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)

• Prime Minister: 1957–1960 (independence 1957)
• President: 1960–1966 (republic declared 1960)

Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)

• Prime Minister: 1963–1964 (independence 1963)
• President: 1964–1978 (republic declared 1964)

Both led their nations from colonial rule to independence as PM, then became executive Presidents when their countries became republics within the Commonwealth.