Burial Lena Moi Funeral
A funeral service will be held on tuesday before the burial on wednesday next week.
Burial lena moi funeral. His mortal remains will be interred at his kabarak home on wednesday february 12 and will be accorded a state funeral with all appropriate civilian and full military honours being rendered and observed. Daniel toroitich arap moi died on 4 february 2020 at age 95 while receiving treatment at nairobi hospital in nairobi. Uhuru embarrasses ruto in mzee moi s state funeral arrangements former president moi will be accorded a 19 gun salute in a series of elaborate military ceremonies leading to his burial on wednesday february 12 at his kabarak home in nakuru county. A few years before her death lena s bedroom was shifted to her sitting room because her roof was leaking.
19 gun salute in honour of moi during burial duration. At first it was announced that she would be laid to rest in sacho an abandoned moi homestead where nobody lived. Moi s body will be placed on a gun carriage on arrival at kabarak. When lena moi travelled to son in law s burial in matatu.
His death was announced tuesday by president uhuru kenyatta in a presidential proclamation. Standard digital is updating the events as the country. The burial ceremony of former president daniel toroitich arap moi is underway at his kabarak home in nakuru county. It has started at 10 am.
Retired president daniel moi in a past event. Lena moi died in july 2004. Photo gideon moi 29 april 2019 by sheppernard n. According to today s programme moi s body will be flown to kabarak airstrip in the morning from nairobi s lee funeral home.
Daniel toroitich arap moi death. It was moi s wish to be laid to rest near his wife lena moi who passed away in july 2004. Kinyua announced that on tuesday february 12 as a national holiday in honour of the late retired president daniel arap moi. The grave is behind mzee moi s house which has already been dug and cemented ready for the burial ceremony on wednesday february 12.
Watch beautiful lena moi the late ex wife to retired president mzee moi whom they separated in 1974. When she passed away in 2004 the question of where she would be buried was a bone of contention.