It was a full State burial for Mzee Jomo Kenyatta complete with military honours. It all began in May 1968 when Jomo Kenyatta suffered a stroke. He was informed that Winston Churchill was the most recent person to have had a state burial. If Kenyatta died, his burial rites and rituals could be benchmarked with those of Churchill. The first Cabinet meetings under Moi’s leadership concerned Kenyatta’s funeral arrangements executed by a State Funeral Steering Committee.

Source: Standard Digital June 29, 2021 04:30 UTC