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Veteran politician Keen and Mwai Kibaki friendship- pre-independence

 

Talking to The Standard at his home in Karen when Kibaki's wife, Lucy, died in April this year, Keen remembered how his friendship with former Interior Minister Njenga Karume and Kibaki blossomed.PHOTO: STANDARD

Veteran politician John Keen was a close friend of former President Mwai Kibaki. He helped Kibaki when he was courting Lucy and encouraged the two to marry.

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