Secrets of day Kibaki was sworn in at dusk

President Mwai Kibaki takes the oath of office as the President of Kenya after being re-elected in 2007 [File]

On the third day late President Mwai Kibaki lay in state, snippets of the afternoon drama that thrust him back to power in 2007 came out as his men opened up on the tense moments that ensued at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) and the State House.

From an intransigent electoral official who dithered to speak to “the small boy” in the then Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua to how an invaluable tape carrying presidential results announcement was escorted to the Kenya Broadcast Corporation (KBC) by 15 GSU officers, yesterday was the day to let it out.