In the last days to his retirement from the 10 years tenure,the government thought wise to reward Kibaki with a hefty send off package which included luxury cars,workers and a ray of goodies including a modern and state of the art home in Nyeri on a 100 acre land which belonged to the large 1000 acre land of Sasini Mweiga Estate.
The home has a helipad for swift landing of helicopters,a swimming pool,jacuzzi,golf field since Kibaki is a big fan and player,guest room that can hold hundreds of visitors,security details houses,canteen for the workers and all the luxury for the ex-president to enjoy away from the bustles of the city.
It was thought to be the best place for Kibaki to enjoy his retirement.
But the beauty and opulence of the place apparently have nor made any big impression on the immediate former President.
Neighbours say he has only been to the facility twice since his retirement in April last year. And on both occasions, they say, he only had a cup of tea, was taken round to inspect the high grade cows and merino sheep in the compound, and left as fast as he had come.
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On both occasions, he was served tea at the verandah where he chatted with the farm managers.
Nobody seems to remember him getting inside the house.
Sources in the lonely neighbourhood say the only regular person at the home is the retired President’s daughter, Ms Judy Wanjiku, but who also has never spent a night at the place. “She only checks out on what is going on, sorts out one or two matters with the management, and goes away”, says a worker at the ranch. Unconfirmed reports have it that a Nyeri politician occasionally drives to the compound incognito, but sneaks out even before anybody gets idea that she was there at all.
Since his retirement, Kibaki has been to his “home” county, Nyeri, less than a dozen times, to attend to a civil suit at the Nyeri Law Courts where he is a witness, or to attend the burial of one or two close friends.
It is on those occasions that he has spared a few minutes to be driven to the supposed retirement home and back to Nairobi the very same day. So why would so much public funds be spent on a retirement home the former President seemingly had no use for in the first place?
But were some factors overlooked? According to close friends,Kibaki is a born Tao a Nairobi man who has spent most of his life in the city and relocating to Mucatha (village) in Nyeri was not going to be easy. Most of his peers and business associates are in Nairobi if not all. "The man loves golf and not the kind played in such small facilities as Nyeri and Nyahururu Golf
courses. He needs to be near Muthaiga, Limuru, Windsor or Karen clubs where his
contemporaries frequent.” Says John Keen one of his longtime friend.
Someone put taxpayers money into waste. As the debate goes on a Nyeri activist oh the title changed she is now an MP is a frequent visitor.
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Kijana ya town. Ulikuja nairobi ukapotea. Rudi nyumbani
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