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Rename Thika Superhighway, Times Tower and others after Mwai Kibaki

Former President Mwai Kibaki. [File, Standard]

Naming places and projects after great leaders is not a concept alien to the world. Cities, including Vancouver in Canada and Alexandria in Egypt, were named after great leaders.

Former President Mwai Kibaki, who died on 21 April 2022, deserves similar honours. Of course, he was honoured through the renaming of Kenyatta National Hospital Othaya to Mwai Kibaki Hospital after his death. But that was not enough.

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