Mwai Kibaki

Kenya honors former President Kibaki with state funeral

Associated PressApril 29, 2022 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans paid their last respects to former President Mwai Kibaki in a state funeral service Friday that was attended by African leaders.

Former Kenyan President Kibaki is dead at 90

Associated PressApril 22, 2022 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Mwai Kibaki, the former Kenyan leader whose distinguished political career was tarnished when he won a second presidential term that was followed by deadly post-election violence, has died at the age of 90.

Hundreds flee area of Kenya where police died

By TOM ODULANovember 13, 2012 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of people fearing a government backlash over the killing of at least 32 police officers are fleeing their homes in northwestern Kenya as the military prepares to help police pursue the bandits who carried out the attack, officials said Tuesday.

New constitution for Kenya as ‘No’ team concedes

TOM ODULAAugust 5, 2010 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president heralded the passage of a new constitution Thursday as a "national renewal," after results showed that close to 70 percent of the country had backed the document replacing a British colonial-era draft that inflated the powers of the presidency.