Man claiming to be Kibaki's first-born son comes forward, demands to be recognised and involved

Wikipedia retells the parable of the blind men and an elephant. Blind men who have never come across an elephant before each feel a different part of the elephant’s body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk and then describe the elephant based on their limited experience. Not surprisingly, their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other.

Nothing best describes the person of Kenya’s third President, Emilio Mwai Kibaki, whom veteran journalist Mutuma Mathiu described as a “frighteningly unavailable person". A natural-born loner, content to sit alone with his thoughts and enjoy his beer, and for the company of others was quite likely forced on him by the demands of public life” better.