Kenya Mourns Ex-President With State Funeral
Military officers escort a gun carriage carrying the coffin of late former Kenya President, Daniel Arap Moi, draped in the Kenya national flag, during a state memorial service in Nairobi, on February 11, 2020. SIMON MAINA / AFPThousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country’s longest serving leader, the hardline Daniel arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral.
On Tuesday morning, he was taken on a gun carriage draped in Kenya’s flag through the streets of Nairobi to the crowded Nyayo national stadium flanked by soldiers. Shortly after, the cortege entered the stadium flanked by long lines of red-coated soldiers and a brass band playing marching tunes and Christian hymns, their shining boots glinting in the bright sun.
The body of the late president will be buried on Wednesday in his home area of Kabarak, 220 kilometres northwest of Nairobi.The usually congested and noisy streets of Nairobi were quiet, with Tuesday declared a national holiday.
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