AfricaMwai Kibaki: Kenya’s ex-president Dies at 90

Mwai Kibaki: Kenya’s ex-president Dies at 90

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Former Kenyan president – Mwai Kibaki, who led the East African country for more than a decade, has died, his successor Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Friday.

Mwai Kibaki: Kenya’s ex-president Dies at 90
Mwai Kibaki

The powerful and celebrated ex-president spent close to ten decades on earth. His impact in Kenya is envisage to last for generations.

While announcing the departure, through an address on state television, president Kenyatta said; “It is a sad day for us as a country. We have lost a great leader,”

To showcase a moment of honour, he ordered a period of national mourning until sunset on the day Kibaki is to be buried, with all flags to be flown at half-mast.

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“As a leading figure in Kenya’s post-independence history… Kibaki earned the biding respect and affection of the people of this nation,” Kenyatta said.

“President Kibaki will forever be remembered as a gentleman in Kenya’s politics. A brilliant debater whose eloquence, wit and charm won the day time and time again.”

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