President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the Kenyan flag be flown half-mast in honour of late Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza who died on Monday, June 8.
The government of Burundi said the outgoing president who was 55, succumbed to a heart attack after falling ill over the weekend.
In a statement on Friday, June 12, Uhuru described the late head of state who had ruled the land locked country since 2005, as great son of Africa.
“I, Uhuru Kenyatta, under the authority vested in me as the president of the Republic of Kenya, do hereby order and direct: That in memory of the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, and in solemn solidarity and mourning; the flag of the East African Community and the flag of the Republic of Kenya shall be flown at half-mast at all Public Buildings and public grounds and wherever else throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Kenya and at all of Kenya’s diplomatic missions abroad; from dawn on Saturday, June 13, until sunset on the day of his interment,” said Uhuru in a statement.
The president said Nkurunziza who was set to hand over power in August made enormous contributions to advancing integration and prosperity of the East African Community.
“We are in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the Republic of Burundi, the wider EAC and the whole of Africa who are in deep mourning at the loss of a great son of Africa,” Uhuru said.
The government of Burundi said the outgoing president who was 55, succumbed to a heart attack after falling ill over the weekend.
