It is still not clear what Kibaki is suffering from though he was admitted overnight at the Karen hospital for what was said to be chest problems. President Uhuru Kenyatta is reported to have visited his predecessor at the hospital.

Former President Mwai Kibaki flown to South Africa for treatment

Kibaki left aboard a chartered flight that took off from Wilson airport. According to a source close to the Kibakis, the former president had been rushed to Karen Hospital on Saturday night from his Muthaiga home in Nairobi after he reportedly developed complications arising from his 2002 accident. In December 2002, Kibaki, the then Opposition presidential candidate was taken to the United Kingdom for treatment after he involved in an accident at the Machakos turnoff as his motorcade was coming from a campaign rally.

He would be elected president later that year being sworn in as the country's third president on December 30 2002. The former