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[PHOTOS] How military honoured Kibaki in Othaya

The third Commander in Chief will be honored with a 19 Gun Salute before being laid to final rest.

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by SHARON MWENDE

News30 April 2022 - 13:11
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• Retired Heads of State are accorded 19 salutes unless the incumbent President says otherwise.

Half Military parade in honor of the former late former President Mwai Kibaki a head of the funeral service on Saturday, April 30,2022.
Half Military honour parade at Othaya Approved School ground in Nyeri on April 30,2022.

The body of the late retired President Mwai Kibaki arrived at Othaya Approved School from Nairobi on the road minutes past 10 am expected time.

The casket was received by military officials of different disciplines.

Military procession escort a gun carrier bearing the remains of the former late President Mwai Kibaki at Othaya Approved School ground on April 30,2022.

The officers dressed in white are Navy officials, red is the Kenya Defense Forces and those in blue are Kenya Air Forces.

Kibaki's casket was escorted to Othaya by the military.

Half Military parade honor the body of the former late President Mwai Kibaki after arriving for the last funeral service at Othaya Approved School ground on April 30,2022.

The third Commander in Chief will be honoured with a 19 Gun Salute before being laid to final rest.

The second late President Moi was accorded the same 19 Gun Salute back in 2020.

Half Military parade honor the body of the former late President Mwai Kibaki after arriving for the last funeral service at Othaya Approved School ground on April 30,2022.
Military colonel salutes the late Former President Mwai Kibaki Casket brought by a gun carrier for a funeral service at Othaya Approved School ground in Nyeri on April 30,2022.

Retired Heads of State are accorded 19 salutes unless the incumbent President says otherwise.

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