My Father’s End Days were Comfortable but Death was Sudden: Jimmy Kibaki.

Jimmy spoke to the media outside Parliament Buildings, where he had participated in a viewing ceremony for the fallen statesman alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta. The younger Kibaki stated that the family had chosen to keep the details of their patriarch's illness private, noting that they had been a private family for a long time.

He revealed that the late President had been suffering from health problems for the past three years, and that his condition had rapidly deteriorated in the last month.

He stated that the majority of his family members were aware that his death was imminent, but they clung to the hope that he would survive.

“Mzee had been ailing for the last three years. The last three months were quite difficult but really, in the last month, things started deteriorating very fast. He put quite a good battle but, in the end, with the age factor, the end came quite fast.”

“He was comfortable throughout. For 90 years, he has lived a good life. As a family, we were not surprised maybe the public. As a family, we were very private and did not want to make his medical state public," he explained.

He also described his father as a loving family man who enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

He claimed that the former Head of State occasionally clashed with state House officials because he preferred to spend time with his family.

"My father was first and foremost a family man. In 2003, there were many officials who did not know what his family meant to him. When they understood that, his operations moved very smoothly. Even on a working day, they would be at State House because his priority was always his family. 

"My father was a very huge figure in my life. I do not think that it has really hit me that he is not there anymore. It will probably hit me when he is buried in Othaya on Saturday," he stated.