Kenya’s Former President Kibaki Dead At 90

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Kenya’s Former President Kibaki Dead At 90Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, who led the East African country for more than a decade, has died at 90, his successor Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Friday.

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.

Kibaki served as Kenya’s third president, from 2002 to 2013.

Kenyatta noted;

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

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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