Margaret Wambui, President Uhuru Kenyatta's elder sister who died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. PHOTO: nation.co.ke
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has sent a message of condolence to the Kenyatta family, following the demise of Margaret Wambui.
Wambui was President Uhuru Kenyatta's eldest sister and served as Nairobi’s mayor between 1970 and 1976.
She passed on at the age of 89 on Wednesday.
In a statement, Raila said, “As a family, we have had a long history with Margaret and her family from her days as a freedom fighter, through her father, the late President Jomo Kenyatta’s detention and her rise into a towering figure in Kenya’s landscape who ended up being the first and only female Mayor of Nairobi,”
Raila said the late was adopted into the Jaramogi Oginga family during her father’s detention, making her part of his extended family.
“Over the years, she remained a bridge between our two families. We knew her as a loving and deeply caring lady who towered over Kenya’s landscape with humility and decency,” Raila said.
He continued, “As Jaramogi’s family, we stand with her family in prayer and wish them strength at this moment of loss. We also offer profound gratitude for all that she did for our country."