| Intro | First Lady of Kenya | ||
| Is | First Lady | ||
| From | Kenya | ||
| Type | Politics | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth |
Central Province |
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| Death |
26 April 2016, London, Cromwell Hospital |
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Lucy Muthoni Kibaki (1936 – 26 April 2016) was the wife of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and was First Lady of Kenya from 2002 to 2013.
Biography
She was born Lucy Muthoni in 1936 to the Rev. John Kagai, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and Rose Nyachomba, in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, Mount Kenya. She was educated at Alliance Girls High School, then trained as a teacher, working first at Kamwenja Teachers College and later at Kambui College in Kiambu, where she rose to the post of principal. She met Mwai Kibaki in 1959. After a two-year romance, the couple married in 1961, with Lucy quitting her teaching career in 1963. They had four children: Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai and Tony Githinji. Kibaki was a patron of the Kenya Girl Guides Association.
Lucy was renowned for her volcanic temperament and jealousy for her husband’s second wife, Mary.
Lucy died on 26 April 2016 at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, after brief hospitalization at the Nairobi Hospital for chest pains. She was 80.
Charitable work
Lucy was known for supporting disadvantaged and disabled people. She chaired the Organization of the 40 African First Ladies Against HIV/Aids.