Nairobi reaction to death of former president Kibaki

(22 Apr 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Nairobi - 22 April 2022 1. Various of the Lee Funeral Home with security officers on guard following the death of Mwia Kibaki 2. Charity Ngilu, a cabinet minister during Kibaki's government and the current governor of Kitui County, arriving Lee Funeral Home 3. SOUNDBITE (English and Swahili) Charity Ngilu, a cabinet minister during Kibaki's government and the current governor of Kitui County: "Late President Kibaki spearheaded this country out of terrible economic times of the 90s in ensuring that we got a real economic state of country where everybody used to say that we are proud to be Kenyans. We will miss him, we will miss his leadership, we will miss his guidance, his political strength that we all learnt." 4. Various of crowd gathered outside Lee Funeral Home 5. Various of Nairobi resident, Chris Wesa 6. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Chris Wesa, Nairobi resident: "President Mwai Kibaki left the economy in a good place. When you look at the post-election violence (which happened 2007-2008) people were dying and also a lot of businesses went under but when they met with Raila Amolo Odinga (former Kenyan Prime Minister) business bounced back." 7. Various of security officers at Lee Funeral Home 8. Wide of a vehicle belonging to Lee Funeral Home arriving STORYLINE: Tributes were paid on Friday to former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki who died at the age of 90. The former leader's passing was announced on Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta, who said his death was a sad day for the country and praised his predecessor as a great Kenyan and a statesman. Kibaki's body was taken to the Lee Funeral Home, where security agents were on guard. Charity Ngilu, the current governor of Kitui County, served as a minister in the government of Kibaki. She paid tribute to the former president saying his guidance and leadership skills would be missed. "We will miss him, we will miss his leadership, we will miss his guidance and his political strength that we all learnt." =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...