President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya
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More than a month after elections and the announcement that incumbent president Mwai Kibaki had been elected, The Republic of Kenya faces struggles with displacement, protests and violence that has been described as tribal warfare.
More than a month after elections and the announcement that incumbent president Mwai Kibaki had been elected, The Republic of.
Since Mr Kibaki was declared the winner of the December 30 poll despite mounting evidence of flaws in the ballot, Kenya has witnessed a surge in ethnic violence.
Mwai Kibaki is yet another household name in Kenyan politics.
Moi, and his subsequent portfolio as Minister for Health in the same administration.
Kibaki was born on November 15th 1931 in Othaya, Nyeri District of Central Province.
to the Health Ministry, in a clear attempt to clip his political wings.
his real intentions, having been a KANU insider for so long.
But when Mr Kibaki was sworn in for a second time in a hasty ceremony at the end of 2007, violence erupted across the country.
President Kibaki is also being credited for improving the business environment for local investors.
Even as President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner over challenger Raila Odinga, despite the incumbent having been behind in the polls by most estimations, allegations of vote rigging grew and violence expanded.
The result of Kenya's election looked set for a dramatic climax as the country's electoral commission said Saturday that incumbent president Mwai Kibaki was closing the gap on opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki came to power lauded as a model for how reformists can defeat Africa's corrupt dictators.
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Kibaki was born into a family of eight children on November 15, 1931, in Gatuyaini Village, Othaya division, Nyeri in Kenya's Central Province.
Kibaki received his primary education at Gatuyaini village school and Karima mission school.
Kibaki married Lucy Muthoni, the daughter of a pastor, in 1942.
President Kenyatta appointed him assistant minister of economics, planning, and development in 1964, and two years later Kibaki was appointed minister for commerce and industry.
In 1969, Kibaki was named minister of finance and he continued in that position under President Moi, who assumed the presidency following Kenyatta's death in 1978 and remained in the post for 24 years.
Kibaki was sworn into office on December 29 amid a jubilant celebration.
Kibaki has stated that he will step down when his five - year term expires.
Kibaki was previously Vice President (1978 - 1988), and has held several other cabinet positions, including Minister for Finance (1978 - 1981), Minister for Home Affairs (1982 - 1988) and Minister for Health (1988 - 1991.
A few weeks before the election, Kibaki was involved in a car accident and suffered serious injuries.
This tension increased as lawmakers struggled to draft a new constitution, which Kibaki had promised during his campaign.
After a delay in the release of the final election results, Kibaki was declared the winner, narrowly defeating Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM.
and dialects, Kibaki is a Kikuyu, Kenya's largest tribe.
Incumbent Mwai Kibaki was seeking to renew his mandate with his main rival being former ally Raila Odinga.
transforming Kenya into a regional economic powerhouse will be the Kenyan government's priority in the new year, President Mwai Kibaki said Wednesday.
Provisional figures indicate that Mwai Kibaki is ahead of the next presidential candidate.
President Mwai Kibaki was re-elected in the closest presidential election in Kenya's history.
This means Honourable Mwai Kibaki is the winner," Mr Kivuitu said.
Mr Kibaki was swiftly sworn in at.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host: In Nairobi, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki was sworn in today as only the country.
MONTAGE: Mwai Kibaki leads the opposition National Rainbow.
Opposition leader Mwai Kibaki was elected president in 2002 and pledged to fight corruption, but it continued to affect the country's economic and.
Member of Parliament William Ruto of ODM also voiced concern, stating that "Kibaki has gone against a precedence that even brought him to power.
The New York Times reports that, "The European Union said its observers in one constituency last week witnessed election officials announce that President Kibaki had won 50,145 votes, but on Sunday the election commission increased those same results to 75,261 votes.
Mwai Kibaki is sworn back into office.
Mwai Kibaki has kept a low profile during the violence that has swept Kenya since his disputed presidential re-election.
Kibaki has been a fixture in Kenyan politics for almost five decades.
Kibaki had formed a coalition with Raila Odinga in 2002, but they fell out when Odinga campaigned against Kibaki's new constitution three years later.
Born on November 15 1931, Kibaki was baptised Emilio Stanley by Italian missionaries, a name for which he seemingly has little taste, rarely using it.
Although Kibaki had run on an anticorruption plank, his government has been plagued with scandals of its own.
Kibaki was reelected in Dec, 2007, but the election was marred by vote fraud and criticized by domestic and foreign observers.
US rolls out red carpet for Kibaki: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki was given the full red-carpet treatment during his visit to the United States.
A general without officers: president Mwai Kibaki is facing his most serious crisis since winning the elections in 2002.
Mwai Kibaki is currently the President of Kenya and formerly held the position of Vice President under Daniel Arap Moi from 1978-1988.
Kibaki was appointed Vice-President in 1978, when Daniel Arap Moi took over the reins of power following the death of founding President, Jomo Kenyatta.
Kibaki was also the Leader of Government Business and Chairman of the Sessional Committee from 1978 to 1988.
Mwai Kibaki was sworn in as President on 30th December 2002 after winning in the preceding General Elections held on 27th December 2002.
KENYA'S President Mwai Kibaki was last evening declared winner of a disputed election that triggered deadly riots by tens of thousands of opposition supporters.
As smoke billowed from protests in Nairobis slums, Kibaki was sworn in on the lawn of State House just an hour after the result was announced, his hand on the Bible.
The chaos erupted when the release of the results of Molo constituency were immediately challenged by the returning officer, who claimed the number of votes for Kibaki had been inflated by 20,000.
From all the evidence there is, the presidential poll was very flawed and there is no real confirmation that Kibaki is the winner.
Kibaki was previously Vice President (1978-1988) under Daniel arap Moi, and has held several other cabinet positions, including Minister for Finance (1978-1981), Minister for Home Affairs (1982-1988), and Minister for Health (1988-1991.
Born in Gatuyaini village in Othaya division of Nyeri District, Kibaki was the youngest son of Kikuyu peasants Kibaki Gĩthĩnji and Teresia Wanjikũ (both now deceased.
Kibaki was eager to join the army after high school, but due to a ruling by Walter Coutts, the Chief colonial secretary, people from GEMA communities were prevented from the British army.
When Daniel arap Moi succeeded Jomo Kenyatta as President of Kenya in 1978, Kibaki was elevated to the Vice Presidency, but was allowed to keep the Finance portfolio, which he exchanged for that of Home Affairs in 1982.
On December 30, 2002, still nursing injuries from a motor vehicle accident and in a wheel chair, Mwai Kibaki was sworn-in as the third President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya.
Clinton added that, by providing free and compulsory primary education, what Kibaki had done would affect more lives than any president had done or would ever do by the end of the year.
The prudent management of the economy under Kibaki has seen continued Kenya GDP growth during 4 straight years from a low 0.
Kibaki was initially considered the front-runner in the presidential election, although he was subsequently overtaken in the polls by Raila Odinga.
Kibaki was immediately sworn in for his second term, calling for the "verdict of the people" to be respected and for "healing and reconciliation" to begin.
In 2004, the media reported that Kibaki has a second spouse allegedly married under customary law, Mary Wambui, and a common daughter, Wangui Mwai.
Mwai Kibaki is known to be a keen golfer and is one of the longtime members of the Muthaiga Golf Club.
Now we have seen concrete evidence that Kibaki was in Uganda.
attended by dignitaries and friends from all over the world.
the MP for Donholm Constituency on a Kanu ticket.
reins of power following the death of founding President, Jomo Kenyatta.
Elections held on 27th December 2002.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said he is ready to form a government of national unity to stop post-election violence that has seen 350 people killed and around 100,000 displaced.
The official statement was issued after Mr Kibaki met US diplomat Jendayi Frazer, who had previously met Raila Odinga, the opposition leader whom Mr Kibaki claims to have defeated in last week's disputed poll.
Our starting point is that Kibaki is there illegally.
After meeting the president, Desmond Tutu, the retired Archbishop of Cape Town, said that Mr Kibaki was "not averse" to the idea of a coalition government.
Anders Sjogren, a Nairobi-based political scientist, said that Mr Kibaki was "definitely not in charge" of the situation.
President Mwai Kibaki has hailed the government of the People's Republic of China for the willingness to build a hospital in the Eastland's part of Nairobi.
President Mwai Kibaki has called on Acting Somali President Sheikh Mohammed Nur and Acting Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein to unite and work together to bring peace in Somalia.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law a media Bill that journalists say will curtail press freedom.
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law a restrictive media bill that domestic and foreign critics have condemned as repressive and reactionary.
African Business - US rolls out red carpet for Kibaki: Kenyas President Mwai Kibaki was given the full red-carpet treatment during his visit to the United States.
African Business - A general without officers: president Mwai Kibaki is facing his most serious crisis since winning the elections in 2002.
Odingas Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) fears that Kibaki is increasingly going his own way and.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 9 (UPI) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said Friday the government is ready to declare the ongoing food crisis in the country a national emergency.
Kibaki was previously Vice President (1978 - 1988), and has held several other cabinet positions, including.
President Mwai Kibaki was born on November 15th, 1931 in Gatuyaini Village, Othaya division, Nyeri, in the Central Province.