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Mwai Kibaki

President of Kenya from 2002 to 2013

Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki[needs IPA]CGH[1] (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022)[2] was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including being the longest serving Member of Parliament (MP) in Kenya from 1963 to 2013.[3]

He had previously served as the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi governments, including as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.[4]

Kibaki served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2002. He unsuccessfully vied for the presidency in 1992 and 1997. He served as the Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament from 1998 to 2002. Following the 2002 presidential election, he was el

Jimmy Kibaki Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Education, Career And Politics

By Prudence Minayo

Jimmy Kibaki is a Kenyan businessman who owns Odibets-a locally owned betting firm- and the first born son of the late President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki. He has shown hints of venturing into the murky world of politics but the real intent is missing. Jimmy has been the spokesman for the family for quite some time now. He addressed the media on matters to do with his father’s health. 

Here is his story as told by WoK.

Age

Jimmy Kibaki is 58-years-old as of 2021. 

Education

He was a student at St Mary’s School-popularly known as Saints-in Nairobi. He was to later join Salve Regina University where he studied political science and administration. 

Wife & Children

Jimmy married his Saint’s schoolmate Sherly Anne. They have three children-Mwai Kibaki Jr, Sean Andrew and Emma Ngini. 

Also Read: Property Owned By Mwai Kibaki, His Net Worth And Biography

Career 

When he returned to Kenya in 1988 after completing his studies in Canada, Jimmy was keen on starting a busi

  • When Mwai Kibaki passed away, his firstborn son Jimmy automatically took over as the patriarch
  • The soft-spoken businessman who avoids the limelight is a family man and has a wife, Catherine
  • However, Jimmy first married Sherly Anne, with whom they had three children, including Sean Andrew

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The death of Kenya’s third President, Mwai Kibaki, on Friday, April 22, threw the country into mourning.

The former first family came under scrutiny during the mourning period, as Kenyans sent their condolence messages.

Of Kibaki’s children, Jimmy was the most vocal and well known in the country.

He is the new face of the family after their patriarch’s death and was given the duty of addressing mourners during Kibaki’s state funeral at Nyayo Stadium.

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Unknown to many people, Jimmy has been married to two women, even though TUKO.co.ke could not independently establish whether he divorced h

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