{"id":1063957,"date":"2022-04-22T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T09:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/president-mwai-kibaki-has-died\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T09:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T09:24:33","slug":"president-mwai-kibaki-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/president-mwai-kibaki-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"President Mwai Kibaki Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-271327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kibaki-1.jpg\" alt width=\"592\" height=\"434\">Kenya\u2019s 3rd president Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday. Uhuru lauded Kibaki as \u2018a gentleman in Kenyan politics.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Uhuru announced Kibaki\u2019s passing at a press conference in State House some minutes past 12 noon.<\/p>\n<p>Kibaki served as Kenya\u2019s president from 2002 to 2013, presiding over a period of rapid economic growth, after 24 years of stalled growth under his predecessor. His legacy is still celebrated today, and future presidents will always be measured against it.<\/p>\n<p>President Uhuru has declared a period of national mourning from today, until when the late president is laid to rest. Flags will fly at half-mast.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the reactions from notable people on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I join my fellow countrymen &amp; women in celebrating the life of the 3rd President of our Republic.We thank you for everything you did for our Nation. Rest in Peace Your Excellency President Emilio Mwai Kibaki. May God comfort the family of our late President &amp; the people of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nzioka Waita (@NziokaWaita) April 22, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP mzee Mwai Kibaki. <\/p>\n<p>He has left a legacy that will stay with generations. <\/p>\n<p>He has the best interest of Kenyans at heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ahmed Mohamed ((ASMALi)) (@Asmali77) April 22, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My condolences to the family and friends of the Retired President Mwai Kibaki. He was a true leader, a game changer in politics and we will remember him for the great development he accomplished as a President.<br \/>Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com\/xrTIGuFk8B<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hon. Sabina Chege (@SABINACHEGE) April 22, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a developing story..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s 3rd president Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90. The announcement was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday. Uhuru lauded Kibaki as \u2018a gentleman in Kenyan politics.\u2019 Uhuru announced Kibaki\u2019s passing at a press conference in State House some minutes past 12 noon. Kibaki served as Kenya\u2019s president from 2002 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1063958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3887],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}