Kenya’s first lady slapped a government official during the traditional state house luncheon that succeeds the national celebration at Nyayo Stadium after he introduced her by the name of a woman widely believed to be President Mwai Kibaki’s second wife.
Lucy Kibaki was reported to have been incensed when the official acting as master of ceremony introduced her as “Wambui”. Mary Wambui is a woman many Kenyans believe has been Kibaki’s second wife for 30 years, despite repeated denials from State House.
“President Kibaki, the Vice-President Moody Awori, several cabinet ministers and members of the diplomatic corps watched in dismay as the drama unfolded,” the Standard newspaper said.
A presidential press official said he could not immediately comment. State House security agents forced the media group’s cameraman to erase footage of the incident.
Lucy Kibaki was at the centre of a controversy in 2005 when cameraman Clifford Derrick accused her of slapping him when she stormed into a newsroom to protest her treatment by the media.
Derrick sued her for assault, but the case was later thrown out of court.
In 2004, she publicly upbraided Vice-President Awori for referring to her in a speech as the “second lady”. Although Awori apologised, neither he nor Kibaki could mollify her.
The first lady’s outburst is likely to cause the private, soft-spoken Kibaki some embarrassment as he seeks a second five-year term in December 27 elections.
The latest opinion polls show Kibaki, 76, trailing his main challenger, Raila Odinga.
The woman is looney. I agree with you.All we need is one more public display of her rogue behaviours and we put a nail to it. It is really embarassing for a woman at her status (with the public eye overlooking her) can do this over and over again. That brings me to this question:”Is there press freedom in Kenya or it’s just an unattainable mirage set forth to tame the unknowing(or those who are forced into a corner and pressured into putting their tails between their legs with the perpetual cycle of porverty and a system that creates a ‘yes boss’ attitude so inherent that even the educated cannot tell when they have been pulled into this whrlpool of deciet and mastery illusions) masses?”
By: marvo on December 16, 2007
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Lucy Kibaki forced the President to call a press conference to deny his secret second family! A woman scorned – or a sly political operator manuvering to gain the Presidency for her eldest son?
http://rumorsontheinternets.org/2009/03/04/who-you-callin-polygamist/
By: Alpine McGregor on March 4, 2009
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