Mwai Kibaki, the man who changed Kenya

Former President Mwai Kibaki displays a copy of the 2010 Constitution during its promulgation at Uhuru Park, Nairobi. Looking on is former Attorney-General, Amos Wako. [File, Standard]

Kenya’s third President Emilio Mwai Kibaki died yesterday after an eventful public life that saw him abandon the often dull existence that characterises the life of an economics lecturer for the rough and tumble of politics.

This path saw him become one of the longest-serving MPs in Kenya, ascend to Cabinet, become a Vice President, an Opposition leader and eventually a president.