President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta have led Kenyans in viewing the body and paying their last respects to the late, retired President Emilio Mwai Kibaki on Monday.

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According to the schedule announced by the Interior CS Fred Matian’gi, the president was expected to arrive at the parliament buildings at 10:00 am.

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Other dignitaries and Government officials were expected to arrive at the Parliament building by 9:00 am before members of the public may view the body of the late President Kibaki.

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President Kibaki’s body will lie in state in parliament for the next three days before his state funeral, which will take place on Friday.

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The cortege left the Lee Funeral Home at around 7: 00 am on a gun carriage, draped in a catafalque and drove through Nairobi roads for the parliament where the viewing will take place.

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