Kenya starts 3 days of mourning as body of former first lady arrives

Kenya has commenced 3 days of national mourning for former first lady Lucy Kibaki who died at a London hospital last week. The body of the former first lady arrived Sunday morning accompanied by her husband,m
the former president Mwai Kibaki and other family members as well as friends who had accompanied Mrs. Kibabi to London, reported Kenya’s Daily Nation. The casket bearing the remains of Mrs. Kibaki arrived aboard a Kenyan Airways Dreamliner jet. Draped in the Kenyan national colours, the casket was taken by a team of pallbearers culled from the army, navy and air force to waiting hearse.

" Three days of national mourning commences today as flags fly at half-mast in accolade of Mama Lucy Kibaki. #RIPMamaLucy pic.twitter.com/0YuuLgpV2N — President of Kenya (@PresidentKE) May 1, 2016 " President Uhuru Kenyatta, his wife Margaret as well as other high ranking regime officials and Members of Parliament were at the airport to receive the remains of the former first lady. Lucy Kibaki had anteriorly been admitted to a hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for proximately a month, afore being flown to the UK for treatment at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital, a few days afore her death. The body will be kept at Lee Funeral Home as preparations for the funeral perpetuate.

She is expected to be buried next Saturday. Mrs. Kibaki had not been visually perceived in public for several years, though she attended the promulgation of the country’s incipient constitution in 2010. The 75-year-old was kenned for being vocal and often expressed her dissatisfaction both on private and public issues.