President Uhuru Kenyatta has shared his condolences with former and late President Mwai Kibaki’s family following the demise of his only surviving sister Esther Waitherero.
Reports say Waitherero died on the eve of Thursday in her home in Othaya, Nyeri County just three months after the death of Mwai Kibaki.
Waitherero was sick for a week before giving it up to the illness which is not reported at the age of 115 years.
In his condolence message, President Kenyatta described the departed as one of the country’s frontline agitators.
“It is sad that we’ve lost one of our country’s few remaining frontline independence agitators. Mama Waitherero paid a dear price for Kenya’s freedom when she lost her husband in the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule,” Uhuru said.
