Plans are underway to rest the legendary Kenneth Matiba. 

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The liberationist and an honored political detainee will have two public funerals. The funeral committee led by Transport and infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said that the public can honor their icon at the All Saints Cathedral and then on Thursday at Ihura Stadium, Murang’a County.

Macharia said that those planning to attend the Wednesday service should be seated by 10:30am. The procession will leave Lee Funeral Home earlier in preparation for the same.

The CS promised to give more details about the funeral at a later date.

“On Wednesday from Lee Funeral we shall turn right towards Haile Selassie Avenue then through Uhuru Park to All Saints Cathedral. Thursday the procession starts at Lee Funeral through Forest Road to Thika Road and to Ihura Stadium,” Macharia said.

Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata urged Murang’a residents to honour their county hero. He was once an MP representing Kiharu.

“I want to urge all the residents of Murang’a to come out in large numbers and give Matiba a hero’s send off. He has done a lot for the people of this county when he served as an MP for the period 1979 to 1997,” he said.