Kibaki married Mary Wambui under customary law in the 1970's

Shortly after Mwai Kibaki was sworn in as President, our sister publication, then Sunday Standard, ran a shocking headline presenting his second wife to the world.

Must be a mistake, shocked Kenyans though, because Kibaki was no Stanley Oloitiptip (the well-nourished former Cabinet minister with a string of wives). He was Makerere and UK trained, urbane, well spoken with the faint British accent associated with most post-independence Kenyan leaders.