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A to Z of Kibaki: From Anglo-Leasing to Zzzzzz facade

Kibaki's ally David Mwiraria (left)  resigned in the wake of the Anglo-Leasing scandal. [File, Standard]

As an excitable youth in 2002, I was part of the crowds that walked alongside late President Mwai Kibaki’s motorcade from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Uhuru Park when he jetted from treatment in London.

Before that, I had never been a Kibaki fan, largely owing to the media reportage of the 90s around him that shaped my impression of the politician.

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