President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, June 12, ordered that the East African Community flag and that of the Republic of Kenya to be flown half-mast on Saturday, June 13.
The flags would be flown half-mast from dawn to sunset in honour of the life of the late Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza.
"Flags will 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," read a statement signed by the president.
Nkurunziza passed on aged 55 on Tuesday, June 9, after suffering a cardiac arrest as was announced by the government of Burundi.
Below is the statement;
To the People of the East African Community,
IN HONOUR OF THE LIFE of His Excellency the Late President Pierre Nkurunziza; and as a mark of the immense respect and esteem he was held in by the People of East Africa, Africa and the entire World; and in recognition of his enormous contributions to advancing integration and prosperity of the East African Community (EAC); and 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:
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, 13th June, 2020 until sunset on the day of his interment.
MAY THE LATE PRESIDENT PIERRE NKURUNZIZA
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
ISSUED under the HAND AND SEAL of the President, at State House, Nairobi, on this TWELFTH Day of JUNE, the year of our Lord TWENTY – TWENTY.
UHURU KENYATTA,
President.
