He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including being the longest serving Member of Parliament (MP) in Kenya from 1963 to 2013.
He was the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi.
The late Mwai Kibaki was married to Lucy Muthoni who passed away back in 2016 at the age of 55 years.
Kibaki who passed on today aged 90 years old, has left behind four children-three boys and one girl who are blessed with beautiful boys and girls.Jimmy Kibaki is the firstborn child in Kibaki's household.
They met earlier, likely in the late 1950s, when Mwai Kibaki was in his late 20s and already active in politics and academia after returning from studies in the UK.
At the time they started dating, Lucy was a young teacher, and Kibaki was establishing himself as a prominent figure in Kenya's independence-era elite.
Mwai Kibaki's legacy in Kenya is defined by significant economic growth, major infrastructure development like the Thika Superhighway and transformative social policies such as Free Primary Education (FPE), but it's also marked by controversy, particularly the deadly post-2007 election violence and persistent issues with corruption, alongside efforts to fight it.
He is remembered as a pragmatic leader who restored donor confidence and focused on a working, prosperous Kenya with better infrastructure, education, and technology.
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