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Emotions run high as Mama Lucy Kibaki's body lands at JKIA

Kenya Army officers carry the casket with the body of former First Lady Lucy Kibaki at JKIA. (Photo: Elvis Ogina/Standard)

Nairobi: On a cloudy and chilly morning, a plane carrying the body of former First Lady Lucy Kibaki touched down at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 5.20am Sunday.

It was an emotional scene as the casket draped in the Kenyan flag was removed from the belly of a Kenya Airways aircraft, as the three days of national mourning began.

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