President Kenyatta declares three days of national mourning for Queen Elizabeth II
President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared three days of national mourning in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II starting today September 9, 2022, till sunset on Monday September 12, 2022.
He has also directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast at State House and all Kenyan Diplomatic Missions, Public Buildings and Public Grounds, all Military Bases, Posts, and Stations, on all Naval Vessels of the Republic of Kenya, and however elsewhere throughout the Republic of Kenya from dawn on today until sunset on Monday.
The flag shall also be flown at half-mast for the same length of time at all High Commissions, Embassies, Consulates, Diplomatic Offices, and other facilities of the Republic of Kenya abroad.
Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, died on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96, at Balmoral.
Kenya is one of 36 Commonwealth countries for whom the Queen has served as a symbolic figurehead.
On February 6, 1952, Queen Elizabeth was 25 years old and on a tour to Kenya with her husband Philip when she learnt of her father King George VI’s death and her accession to the throne.