What you probably didn't notice as Mwai Kibaki lay in state

An Administration Police officer salutes as he views the body of Mwai Kibaki in Parliament on April 26, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

President Mwai Kibaki was, by law, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Kenya during his ten-year rule between 2003 and 2013.

As the Commander-in-Chief, he was accorded the treatment of a 5-Star General, the highest military rank in Kenya, with a five-star symbol, as seen in the gun carriage being used to transport his body.