MPs hail Kibaki as a giant of history who steered economic liberation

Military personnel drive the body of Mwai Kibaki out of the National Assembly at the end of the third and final day of public viewing at Parliament buildings, Nairobi on April 27, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] 

Members of Parliament on Wednesday took time to eulogise Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki as a giant of history whose economic impact was rivalled by none.

As the former Commander-in-Chief’s body lay in state at the Parliament Buildings, his name swam in the adulation of the legislators who had convened a special sitting in his honour.