Nairobi – 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. He was 90.
“it is a sad day for us as a country. We have lost a great leader,” Kenyatta said in an address on state television.
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.
BREAKING: Former President Mwai Kibaki is dead
President Kenyatta lauds his predecessor for his leadership
“Mwai Kibaki will forever be remembered as a gentleman in Kenyan politics, a brilliant debater…” pic.twitter.com/FJnR7SDrKV
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) April 22, 2022
Kibaki served as Kenya’s third president, from 2002 to 2013.
“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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