Deputy president William Ruto who was attending a political rally in Western Kenya described the late president as an outstanding economist and a great leader who the laid a solid foundation which the current leaders are building on. Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga described Kibaki as an honest, transparent leader who wanted nothing but team spirit. Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who was Kibaki’s vice president in his second term profiled the departed president as an iconic father figure who used language that kept the nation happy at all times. Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi in his condolence message described former president Kibaki as a pioneer industrialist stood firm in his beliefs & laid the foundation for the immense economic progress Kenyans enjoy. Moses Wetangula who served under the foreign ministry in Kibaki's second term praised Kibaki terming him as the best president Kenya ever had saying he would be remembered as a pillar of contentintal peace.

Source: Daily Nation April 22, 2022 21:54 UTC