We knew someone would be touched enough to come up with a song to eulogize the late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai.Kwame Rigii did a good job with this one and we commend him for it.
Maathai's body will be cremated at the Kariokor crematorium tomorrow and her final send off will begin with a private service at the Lee Funeral Home.
Inter-faith prayers will be held at Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park beginning 8 am. There will be no 21-gun salute as is customary with.
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga are expected to attend.
Prof Maathai had expressed her wish to be cremated and “her remains interred within the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies” at the University of Nairobi’s Kabete campus.