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President Uhuru Kenyatta has condoled with the family of former President Kibaki following the death of his elder sister, Esther Waitherero. 

Waitherero, the only surviving sibling of Kibaki, passed away yesterday at her Gatuyaini home in Othaya, Nyeri county. 

In his message of comfort and encouragement, President Kenyatta described the departed Waitherero as a strong woman of faith, role model and heroine of Kenya’s independence struggle.

“It is sad that we’ve lost one of our country’s few remaining frontline independence agitators. Mama Waitherero paid a dear price for Kenya’s freedom when she lost her husband in the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule,” he said.