The body of former President Mwai Kibaki is received at State House, Nairobi by President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta. Mwai Kibaki, then Finance Minister, was the anonymous source for that 1977 international story. It is the boldest of his choices over a remarkable 50 years of service in the public interest that distinguished him. In the current scramble to be associated with the late President, can we also apply the values of planning, honesty, humility, decency to each other and public service that were so distinguished in his personal character and public legacy. Kikuyu peasants and parents Kibaki Gĩthĩnji and Teresia Wanjikũ may have had a premonition while naming him.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2022 20:00 UTC