Othaya waits to bid farewell to its most famous son and leader - The Standard
President Uhuru Kenyatta pays his last respects to the departed former Head of State President Mwai Kibaki at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi. Othaya Constituency is waiting to bid farewell to its son; late retired President Mwai Kibaki who served the area for over three decades. Othaya town, a small rural township with not more than three banks was looking cheerful yesterday with streets swept clean and a new tarmac layer here and there. There was also a heavy presence of regular and General Service Unit (GSU) officers, military and officers on horseback to the amazement of some locals some of who have never seen horses in real life. A chopper would occasionally zoom over the skies sending locals staring sky way in utter amazement. Today will be big day when they bid farewell to their most famous son, the one who put them in the world map. At the former president’s home just within the periphery of Othaya town, two sheets of roofing iron covered the burial site whe...