Kenya’s former President Mwai Kibaki is dead.
The announcement was made on Friday morning by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“It is a sad day for us as a country. We have lost a great leader, the former president Mwai Kibaki,” President Kenyatta said in a news conference from State House.
“I order and direct that in the testimony of high esteem that all Kenyans held for Mwai Kibaki, the country will hold a period of national mourning until sunset on the day he will be buried. All flags will fly at half-mast during this period,” he added.
Kibaki was Kenya’s third and has died aged 90.
He served as president between 2003 and 2013 and is credited with reviving Kenya’s then-ailing economy.
