Leaders pay tribute to Kenya's third president

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu walks in at the Lee Funeral home after news of the death of former President Mwai Kibaki.PHOTO:[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

Tributes have come in from across the country and around the world for Kenya’s Third president Mwai Kibaki has died aged 90.

The announcement of Kibaki’s death was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta from State House yesterday. Uhuru said in a televised address: “Fellow Kenyans; It is my sorrowful duty to announce to the Nation the passing on of H.E. Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the Third President of the Republic of Kenya.”