Uhuru in Zimbabwe for Mugabe's burial

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday arrived in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare for the state funeral of the country's founding President Robert Mugabe.

According to the funeral programme, Uhuru is among sitting and former presidents who will participate in the final rites for the former president that is being held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.

Uhuru had ordered the Kenyan flag to be flown half-mast last Friday in his honour.

The Kenyan flag was hoisted half-mast at the State House and all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Republic of Kenya and throughout the Republic of Kenya.

Mugabe died in Singapore at the age of 95.

Others presidents expected to attend include Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Peter Mutharika of Malawi, Joao Lourenco of Angola, Brahim Ghali of Saharawi.

Others are Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Edgar Lungu of Zambia, Hage Geingob of Namibia.

The former presidents listed to attended include Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, Kenneth Kaunda and Rupiah Banda of Zambia, Festus Mogae of Botswana and Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia. 

Mugabe was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017, ending his three-decade reign.

Uhuru eulogised Mugabe as a freedom fighter, a Pan Africanist and an elder statesman.

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