Topic: Kenya's Wangari Maathai dies

Wangari Maathai has passed away.

The first ever female Nobel laureate from Africa, environmental activist and former MP for Tetu passed away last night at Nairobi Hospital of cancer-related complications at the age of 71.

Maathai was also a human rights activist who led a group of mothers and other women to strip naked in a bid for force the KANU government to release political prisoners at what is now known as freedom corner at Uhuru Park.

Koigi Wa Wamwere, one of the detainees at the time says its is a terrible loss.

RIP Wangari

RIP Wangari.

rip mama mpiganaji wa kweli

Oh what a sad day! huwezi kuzungumzia mabadiliko ya kisiasa Kenya bila kuzungumzia mchango mkubwa wa Prof. Wangari. We will miss her tremendously.

Rest in Peace Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai.
Indeed its a tremendously loss.

Pumzika kwa amani Mom

You will be missed, I have learned a lot from this lady from my school years and as an adult. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

Very sad. Apumzike kwa amani. Ameen

R.I.P Mama,

You played your role humbly and honestly. You deserve a place in His Kingdom!

RIP Prof. Wangari......what a loss...

Nimemfaham mama Wangari Maathai kwa utendaji wake na utumishi uliotukuka kwa jamii ya wakenya. Alikuwa mwanaharakati wa mazingira na lakini mpambanaji wa haki za binadamu.
Apumnzike kwa amani.

Masikini Wa KE mmempoteza mama mpiganaji. Poleni sana

RIP Wangari. Its a great loss to Environmental and Human Rights Movements

Ah! Poleni Wakenya. Alibaki kuwa MKIKUYU sana tu.

What a loss!!! Pole zangu kwa Wakenya na watu wa Afrika Mashariki for such a loss

For sure its a great LOSS! RIP

R.i.p mom

Indeed sad!

Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for promoting conservation, women's rights and transparent government - the first African woman to get the award.
She was elected as an MP in 2002 and served as a minister in the Kenyan government for a time.
Ms Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted 20-30 million trees in Africa.

RIP Madam