October 12, 2024

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it Deputy President, William Ruto and Raila Odinga, have shook hands at burial ceremony of Mwai Kibaki. (Read More Here).




In the trending video, Ruto William and Raila Odinga, were seen as they were shaking each other’s hands, which is a sign of peace amongst them. 

According to information, the burial ceremony of Mwai Kibaki is ongoing in Nyayo Stadium. 


I was sorry to receive the news of the death of Mwai Kibaki. 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,” Queen Elizabeth II says in a statement. 


Others are the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland, Sri Lanka’s Special Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake, South Africa’s International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor and South Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mayiik Ayii Deng.


Kibaki, who died aged 90 on April 22, will be buried on Saturday, April 30 at his Kanyange Village home in Othaya, Nyeri County. The ex-president died while receiving treatment at the Nairobi Hospital after three months of illness.


Kibaki, who ruled between 2003 and 2013, is survived by four children.


His wife, Lucy Kibaki, died on April 26, 2016 aged 80. She died while receiving treatment at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, United Kingdom.


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