Kenya's Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki Dies In London

Kenya's controversial former first lady, Lucy Kibaki, has died in a London hospital

 of an undisclosed illness.

She gained notoriety for slapping a cameraman in 2005 when she stormed the 

offices of a private media group in anger at the way a story about her had been

 reported.

In a tribute to Mrs Kibaki, President Uhuru Kenyatta praised her for her role in

 fighting HIV/Aids in Kenya.

Mr Kenyatta succeeded her husband Mwai Kibaki, who governed from 2002 to 

2013.

Mrs Kibaki, who was born in 1940, had withdrawn from public life during the

 latter part of her husband's rule.

She was last seen at a public function in August 2010, when she seemed 

excited about the adoption of a new constitution, dancing to a famous gospel

 song, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reports.

Mr Kenyatta said she had been unwell for the last month, receiving treatment in 

both Kenya and the UK.

Mrs Kibaki trained as a teacher, leaving her job not long after her marriage in 

1962 to raise her four children.

"Her Excellency will be remembered for her immense contribution in the 

development of country," Mr Kenyatta said in a statement.

According to the Daily Nation, she organised the First International Aids Run in 

2003 But correspondents say she also provoked condemnation when she said 

unmarried young people had "no business" using condoms, calling on students 

to abstain from sex in order to avoid infection with HIV.

'Disturbing the peace'

Mrs Kibaki was the most controversial of Kenya's first ladies, crossing swords 

with politicians, diplomats, journalists and policemen she believed had not 

treated her with sufficient respect.

Just months after her husband became president, she is reported to have shut 

down a bar inside State House that was a watering hole for ministers and close

 allies of Mr Kibaki.

In 2005, she stormed into the house of her neighbour, the World Bank's 

then-country director Makhtar Diop, in a tracksuit at midnight and demanded he 

turn his music down at a private party to mark the end of his posting in Kenya.

She also went to the local police station in shorts to demand that Mr Diop and 

his guests be arrested for disturbing the peace.

Later, she burst into the offices of the influential Nation Media Group with her

 bodyguards and demanded that the reporter who had written about her 

confrontation with Mr Diop be arrested.

She slapped cameraman Clifford Derrick who was filming her and refused to 

leave the offices until 0530 the next day.

He tried to sue for assault, but the case was thrown out of court.

In 2007, Mrs Kibaki was filmed by Nation TV slapping an official during an 

independence day celebration at State House.

Security officials seized the video images and erased the slapping incident, before returning them.

BBC Reportage.

*OMG,i love her personality..lol

RIP Maam!