As stated above, Nyayoism means footsteps or footprints. But then, the question is whose footstep or footprint? When Moi became the president of Kenya, there was an already existing ideology in Kenya called “Harambee” (From Swahili's origin, it means “pulling together” and Harambeeism as a philosophy adopted from the works of Jomo Kenyatta). It aimed at pulling the nation together after independence as a concept of building a new nation...Nyayoism was intended to follow Harambee. In other words, Nyayoism originally meant footsteps, that is, following the footsteps of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Moi formed Nyayoism as a philosophy of life in reference to his endeavour to follow the footsteps of his predecessor".
Excerpt From Philosophy of Nyayoism as an Educational Template for African Sustainable Development by Andrew Onwudinjo et al.