Kenya’s late, former president Mwai Kibaki’s final hours before death and days can now be revealed.
In a country where rumours about the deaths of prominent leaders spread like wild fire, there were no rumours or leakage that the former president had passed away.
This was in spite of his deteriorating health that saw him spend his last days in and out of the hospital. Apparently, Kibaki wanted details about his ailment and deteriorating health kept within his family only.
Reports say that before he passed away on Friday morning, Kibaki had been in and out of Nairobi Hospital for various ailments. These included blood pressure.
The reports further said that the former president was still battling the consequences of the road accident he was involved in 2002 ahead of the 2002 General Elections.
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Hours before he died, Kibaki’s private medical team had attended to him at his Muthaiga home on Thursday morning. After a series of examinations, it was determined that he required around-the-clock monitoring because his condition was getting worse.
He was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Nairobi Hospital. He died less than 24 hours after getting admitted.
A report that appeared in the Saturday Nation newspaper said that his son Jimmy Kibaki, who was in a meeting in town at the time, was informed that his father had passed away.
He quickly left without a word and headed to Nairobi Hospital. By this time, President Uhuru Kenyatta had already been informed that the former president had passed away.