10 Interesting Things About Lucy Kibaki You Did Not Know

The whole nation is mourning one of the most verbal and prominent figures to have graced State House and she will no doubt remain one of the most memorable First Ladies this country will ever have.
While much of what is known about her comes from her period as the First Lady, there is plenty of interesting facts about the First Lady. Here are some Ten facts you will find interesting.

1. Her father was a pastor. Lucy Kibaki was born in Mukwereini to Reverend John Kagai and Rose Nyanchomba.
2. She is an alumnus of Alliance Girls High School. Her public profile as may not have provided the sharp mind and cool demeanor usually associated with ladies from the prestigious school but she did attend the school and left with quite distinction.
3. She is a teacher by profession. Her strictness is perhaps the one thing that lend itself to her later career. She was no nonsense and shot straight.
4. At the height of her career she was the Principal of a teachers training college in Kiambu becoming one of the first African tutors in a college.
5. She married Kibaki when she was 22. Lucy Kibaki was born in 1940, she met Kibaki in 1960 and after a courtship period of 2 years the couple married.
6. Lucy Kibaki was the mother of 4 children. There are only two children Judy Kibaki and Jimmy Kibaki who are well known to the public but there are other two sons, Tony Githinji Kibaki and David Kagai
7. . Lucy Kibaki served as the patron of the Kenya Girl Guides Association coming to the organization’s aid at a time when it was facing financial crisis.
8. Unlike many public figures and even the current one, she kept off any social media platform like Facebook and Twitter, maintaining a private lifestyle away from the public function.
9. One of her first actions at state house was to ban the State House Bar where the president, friends and ministers would grab one or two.
10. She was active in the Continental fight against HIV/AIDS chairing the 40 African First Ladies against HIV/AIDs