The Sh400 million Nyeri home Lucy Kibaki never occupied

The palatial house along the Nyeri-Nyahururu road is a mini State House, complete with a helipad and all that comes with the trappings of power.

As the sun was setting on Mwai Kibaki’s presidency, the government offered to build him a retirement home in his Nyeri backyard.

Plans to construct the house started in 2010 when President Kibaki travelled to Nyeri to identify the land where it would stand.