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Lucy Kibaki

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Lucy Kibaki
First Lady of Kenya
In role
30 December 2002 – 9 April 2013
PresidentEmilio Mwai Kibaki
Preceded byLena Moi
Succeeded byMargaret Kenyatta
Second Lady of Kenya
In role
14 October 1978 – 24 March 1988
Vice PresidentEmilio Mwai Kibaki
Preceded byLena Moi
Succeeded byMargaret Wanjiru Gakuo
Personal details
Born
Lucy Muthoni

(1936-01-13)13 January 1936
Mukurwe-ini, Kenya Colony
Died26 April 2016(2016-04-26) (aged 80)
Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
Spouse
(m. 1961)
Children4
Residence(s)Nairobi, Kenya

Lucy Muthoni Kibaki (13 January 1936 – 26 April 2016)[1] was the wife of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and was the third First Lady of Kenya from 2002 to 2013.

Biography

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Lucy Muthoni was born in 1936. Her parents were Rev. John Kagai, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and Rose Nyachomba, in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, (formerly Nyeri District in Central Province), Kenya.[2] She was educated at Alliance Girls High School,[3] then trained as a teacher, working first at Kamwenja Teachers College and later at Kambui College in Kiambu, where she rose to the post of principal.[2]

She met Emilio Mwai Kibaki in 1959. After a two-year romance, they married in 1961, with Lucy quitting her teaching career in 1963.[2] They had four children.

Kibaki died on 26 April 2016 at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, after a brief hospitalization at the Nairobi Hospital for chest pains.[2] She was 80.

Charitable work

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Kibaki was involved in programs to tackle HIV/AIDS.[4] She chaired the Organization of the 40 African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.[5] She initiated Starehe Girls Center and the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital.[4] Kibaki was known for supporting disadvantaged and disabled people.[5]

Kibaki was a patron of the Kenya Girl Guides Association.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Phombeah, Gray (6 May 2005). "Kenya's controversial first lady". BBC News. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Obwocha, Beatrice (26 April 2016). "Lucy Kibaki dies". Daily Nation.
  3. ^ "Alliance Girls High School: Historical Perspectives". Alliancegirlshigh.com. 28 February 1948. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b Kibet, Lonah. "Projects to immortalise Mama Lucy Kibaki forever". The Standard. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b BBC News, 19 May 2006 Kenyan first lady in Aids storm
  6. ^ KBC, 23 February 2007: First Lady assures KGGA of support Archived 25 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine