Tributes pour in as literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong'o honored

Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

President William Ruto has led the country in mourning celebrated writer and scholar, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, describing him as "Kenya's greatest man of letters and a fearless voice for justice, truth, and African identity."

"The towering giant of Kenyan letters has put down his pen for the final time. Always courageous, he made an indelible impact on how we think about our independence, social justice, and the uses and abuses of political and economic power," Ruto wrote in a post on X.