Former President Mwai Kibaki declined to answer questions from
eager participants who gathered at the University of Nairobi to listen
to his first public lecture since leaving office.
After delivering a speech on Kenya’s journey of
independence to the 50th year, Kibaki simply nodded or brushed off
questions from the floor.
The moderator, Jeff Koinange who also asked Kibaki what advice he had
for young Kenyan leaders, caused more laughter after the ex-president
asked him to speak up when asking questions.
“When you ask the question, speak up,” Kibaki said to which Koinange respond…”the President is asking me to speak up?”
There was another bout of laughter after Kibaki gave a contradictory answer to a question asked on Twitter.
“Charles Kamau on Twitter asked, is there one thing you did as a
young man that made you who you are today that can impact young people
out there today?”
Amidst giggles from the floor, Kibaki took some seconds before responding.
“No! (laughter) absolutely no, for the reason that it is a wrong
manner of thinking that after you have been through with your life, you
want to think what you should have done. It is wrong, it is wrong
logic,” Kibaki responded.
“You should consider what you should do now… because that is the only
thing that can make sense. What you should have done you should have
done it that time, because you did not do it that time, why are you
thinking backwards,” he wondered.
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