Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki has died

Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced in a statement on Friday. Kenyatta hailed Kibaki as a “notable father figure” in Kenya’s history, and ordered several days of national mourning until the funeral. Kibaki left behind a more united and prosperous country, Kenyatta said. Kibaki was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1963, and in office from 2002 to 2013. He is seen by many as a political and economic reformer. Kibaki’s inauguration ended one-party rule in the East African country. The Kenyan constitutio…

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