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Kenya: Kibaki Did Not Engage in Intellectual Debates Unless He Was Well Prepared – Governor Muriithi

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Nyeri — Laikipia Governor Nderitu Muriithi has eulogized former President Mwai Kibaki who was his uncle as a man who did not engage in intellectual discussions unless he was well prepared.

Speaking during Kibaki’s memorial at the Dedan Kimathi University on Thursday, Muriithi stated that “though he felt excited to be his relative, it was intimidating too because the society always measured your successes with same yardstick as his.”

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga also recalled how Kibaki rejected the request to name Othaya Level Six hospital after him.

Kahiga said that the rejection the President to name the facility after him came with a strong message that he could not share. “The hospital was later to named Kenyatta National Hospital Annexe.”

He explained that “Nyeri leaders had sent to tell President Kibaki that people wanted the hospital named after him. The feedback he gave was so harsh that I cannot share it with you.”

On his part the university chaplain Father Vincent Kung’u eulogised him as a leader who knew when to bow before the Lord and when to rule the country.

“We will remember him as a man who had many firsts. But above all, we will hail him as a leader who excelled in both wisdom and discernment,” the chaplain said.

Nyeri town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu, and his Ndaragwa counterpart also eulogised him leader who loved the nation.

The University’s Vice Chancellor Professor Ndirangu Kioni remembered President Kibaki as one who, with a great sense of responsibility parented the institution from inception days as technical institute in 1972 when he mobilized professionals to fundraise for its construction.