Editing Mwai Kibaki (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Mwai Kibaki & wife at White House, October 2003.jpg|thumb|right|President Kibaki and Mrs. Lucy Kibaki with U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and [[Laura Bush]] at the [[White House]] during a state visit in 2003]]

Kibaki was married to [[Lucy Kibaki|Lucy Muthoni]] from 1961 until her death in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/04/26/former-first-lady-lucy-kibaki-is-dead_c1339358 |title=Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki is dead |date=26 April 2016 |first=Nancy |last=Agutu |work=The Star}}</ref> They had four children: Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai, and Tony Githinji. They also had several grandchildren: Joy Jamie Marie, Rachael Muthoni, Mwai Junior, and Krystinaa Muthoni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/presidents/kibaki/profile.htm |title=Official profile |publisher=Statehousekenya.go.ke |access-date=1 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406040832/http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/presidents/kibaki/profile.htm |archive-date=6 April 2010 }}</ref> Jimmy Kibaki has declared and aspired to be his father's political heir, though he has been unsuccessful in that endeavor so far.<ref>[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?incl=SendToFriend&title=Like%20father%20like%20son,%20Jimmy%20tastes%20politics&id=1144018715&cid=289?iframe=true&articleID=1144018715 Like father like son, Jimmy tastes politics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808182647/http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?incl=SendToFriend&title=Like%20father%20like%20son%2C%20Jimmy%20tastes%20politics&id=1144018715&cid=289%3Fiframe%3Dtrue&articleID=1144018715 |date=8 August 2016 }}. standardmedia.co.ke (7 July 2009)</ref>

In 2004, the media reported that Kibaki had a second spouse, whom he allegedly married under customary law, [[Mary Wambui]], and a daughter, Wangui Mwai. [[State House (Kenya)|State House]] in response released an unsigned statement that Kibaki's only immediate family at the time was his then wife, Lucy, and their four children.<ref>[http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Im-no-polygamist-Kibaki-20090303 I'm no polygamist – Kibaki] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104171358/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Im-no-polygamist-Kibaki-20090303 |date=4 January 2016 }} ''News24'' (4 March 2009)</ref> In 2009, Kibaki, with Lucy in close attendance, held an odd press conference to re-state publicly that he only had one wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSlTW8mjirs| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220090157/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSlTW8mjirs| archive-date=20 December 2011 | url-status=dead|title=Kibaki: I have only one wife|publisher=YouTube|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref> The matter of Kibaki's alleged mistress, and his wife's unusually dramatic public reactions therein, provided an embarrassing side-show during his presidency, with the ''[[Washington Post]]''<ref>Emily Wax (30 January 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20181116045350/https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A61727-2004Jan29/?language=printer New Kenyan Soap Opera: The President's Two Wives] ''Washington Post''</ref> terming the entire scandal as a "new Kenyan soap opera".

Ms. Wambui, the rather popular "other woman", who enjoyed the state trappings of a presidential spouse and became a powerful and wealthy business-woman during the Kibaki Presidency,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntv.co.ke/news2/topheadlines/mary-wambui-still-haunting-state-house/ |title=Mary Wambui still haunting State House &#124; NTV |access-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125095226/http://www.ntv.co.ke/news2/topheadlines/mary-wambui-still-haunting-state-house/ |archive-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> frequently drove Lucy into episodes of highly embarrassing very publicly displayed rage.<ref>{{YouTube|QrxpPHQ17SU}}</ref> Ms. Wambui, despite opposition from Kibaki's family, led publicly by Kibaki's son, Jimmy, and despite Kibaki's public endorsement and campaign for her opponent, succeeded Kibaki as [[Othaya Constituency|Member of Parliament for Othaya]] in the 2013 General Election.<ref name="capitalfm">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/03/wambui-trounces-kibakis-chosen-othaya-heir/|title=Wambui trounces Kibaki's chosen Othaya heir - Capital News|date=5 March 2013|publisher=capitalfm.co.ke|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> In December 2014, Senator [[Bonny Khalwale]] stated on [[Kenya Television Network|KTN]]'s [[Jeff Koinange]] Live that President Kibaki had introduced Wambui as his wife.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoPivAgjTTk&t=16m18s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/CoPivAgjTTk| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Jeff Koinange Live: Tony Gachoka meets Bonny Khalwale where they make stunning revelations |date=3 December 2015 |publisher=Jeff Koinange Live |access-date=30 June 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Kibaki enjoyed playing golf and was a member of the Muthaiga Golf Club.<ref>[http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/speeches/kibaki/nov04/2004061101.htm Speech by H.E. President Mwai Kibaki] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923060941/http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/speeches/kibaki/nov04/2004061101.htm |date=23 September 2013 }} State House of Kenya (6 November 2004)</ref> He was a practicing and a very committed member of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and attended Consolata Shrines Catholic Church in [[Nairobi]] every Sunday at noon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kibaki leads latest Hall of Fame list as Kenya Open turns 50|url=https://citizentv.co.ke/sports/kibaki-leads-latest-hall-of-fame-list-as-kenya-open-turns-50-193255/|website=Citizentv.co.ke|date=10 March 2018|language=en-US|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

On 21 August 2016, Kibaki was taken to [[Karen Hospital]],<ref>[https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/news/panic-as-kibaki-joins-moi-at-nairobi-hospital/ - Panic as Kibaki Joins Moi at Nairobi Hospital],''KDRTV'', 31 October 2016</ref> and later flew to South Africa for specialized treatment.
Unlike the Kenyatta and Moi families, Kibaki's family has shown little interest in politics save for his nephew Nderitu Muriithi, Governor of [[Laikipia County]], from 2017 to 2022.