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Kibaki's final farewell: Kenya's ex-president buried in Nyeri

Saturday April 30 2022
Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki.

Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By VALERIE KOGA

Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki was buried in Othaya in Nyeri County, central Kenya on Saturday.

Early in the morning, the cortege left Nairobi for Nyeri, where a funeral service was held.

Kibaki, who died on April 21 aged 90, was given a State funeral in Nairobi on Friday with Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri, Anthony Muheria, leading the requiem mass.

Kibaki was the third head of state in Kenya's history, serving from December 2002 to April 2013.

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