Kibaki belonged to school where politics needed professionalism

Mourners follow the funeral service of the late former President Mwai Kibaki at Nyayo National Stadium. [Dennis Kavisu]

The late President Mwai Kibaki will have two contrasting chapters in Kenya’s history. His tenure will feature in the worst pages of ethnic violence and corruption scandals as well as in the best pages of economic progress and constitutional reform.

You can never dictate to history how you would want to be remembered. Going all out in the name of building a legacy can end up being a fallacy. History can omit you from the list of the remembered. History has its own mind on who will be remembered and how.  Leaders who have died would be shocked if they learnt what they are remembered for.