President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Speaker of the Senate Kenneth Lusaka to lead the Kenyan delegation at the burial of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Mr Lusaka will lead the delegation to Ghana for the funeral that is scheduled for September 13.
The team is expected to leave the country on Tuesday morning. It will include senior members of government, legislature and an official representative from the High Commission of the Republic of Kenya in Abuja, Nigeria, which is also accredited to Ghana.Muturi
The official delegation will be joined by ODM leader Raila Odinga who left the country on Sunday.
Dr Annan, the 2001 Nobel peace laureate, died on August 18 at the age of 80 after a short illness.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said: “His burial is going to be a major event for our country… I expect many leaders to be present.”
He added that Dr Annan will be buried in Accra’s new military cemetery.
Born in Kumasi, Dr Annan was the first UN secretary-general from Sub-Saharan Africa.
In his condolence message, President Kenyatta described Dr Annan as a great son of Africa.
“The Government and the people of Kenya join the people of Africa and the international community in remembering his remarkable service to the world,” a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.
“In this regard, the people of Kenya are grateful to him for the critical role he played as a mediator during the 2008 post-election crisis.”