By Judith Gicobi
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has been eulogized by Queen Elizabeth II. She describes him as a “great statesman.”
The Queen said she learned of President Kibaki’s passing with great sadness in her personal condolence note to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“He had a lifelong record of service to the Kenyan people. It will be of deep sadness to your country to have lost a great statesman, but Kenya can take pride in the legacy of his leadership. I send you and the people of Kenya my condolences at this loss,” she stated.
Kibaki was the country’s third president from December 2002 to April 2013, succeeding Daniel arap Moi. He died on April 22, 2022, at the age of 90.
