Personal life Mwai Kibaki

mwai kibaki , mrs. kibaki u.s. president george w. bush , laura bush @ white house during state visit in 2003.

president kibaki married lucy muthoni 1961 until death in 2016. have 4 children: judy wanjiku, jimmy kibaki, david kagai, , tony githinji. have 4 grandchildren: joy jamie marie, mwai junior, krystinaa muthoni. jimmy kibaki did have, far unsuccessful, designs father s political heir.

in 2004, media reported kibaki has second spouse, whom allegedly married under customary law, mary wambui, , daughter, wangui mwai. state house in response released unsigned statement kibaki s immediate family @ time wife, lucy, , 4 children. in 2009, kibaki, lucy in close attendance, held odd press conference re-state publicly has 1 wife. matter of kibaki s alleged mistress, , wife s dramatic public reactions thereto, provided embarrassing side-show during presidency, washington post terming entire scandal new kenyan soap opera .

ms. wambui, rather popular other woman , enjoyed state trappings of presidential spouse , became powerful , wealthy business-woman during kibaki presidency, drove lucy episodes of highly embarrassing publicly displayed rage. ms. wambui, despite opposition kibaki s family, led publicly kibaki s son, jimmy, , despite kibaki s public endorsement , campaign opponent, succeeded kibaki member of parliament othaya in 2013 general election. in december 2014, senator bonny khalwale stated on ktn s jeff koinange live president kibaki had introduced wambui wife.

kibaki enjoys playing golf , member of muthaiga golf club. practicing , committed member of roman catholic church , attends consolata shrines catholic church in nairobi every sunday @ noon.

on 21 august 2016, kibaki, ill, taken karen hospital , later flown south africa specialized treatment.