Lucy Kibaki

Lucy Muthoni was born in 1936. Her parents were the late Rev. John Kagai, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and Rose Nyachomba, in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, (formerly Nyeri District in Central Province), Kenya.[2] She was educated at Alliance Girls High School,[3] then trained as a teacher, working first at Kamwenja Teachers College and later at Kambui College in Kiambu, where she rose to the post of principal.[2] She met Mwai Kibaki in 1959. After a two-year romance, the couple married in 1961, with Lucy quitting her teaching career in 1963.[2] They had four children: Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai and Tony Githinji.She was a loving grand mother to, Mwai Kibaki jnr Sean Andrew and Rachael Muthoni,to name a few. Lucy Kibaki was a patron of the Kenya Girl Guides Association.[4]

Kibaki died on 26 April 2016 at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, after brief hospitalization at the Nairobi Hospital for chest pains.[2] She was 80.

Kibaki was known for supporting disadvantaged and disabled people.[5] She chaired the Organization of the 40 African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.[5]