Professor Wangari Muta Maathai was a woman of many firsts. Her unrivalled determination to fight for what she believed in throughout her life set her apart from the ordinary Kenyan woman. Here’s now a summary of the fallen heroine’s battles, controversies and achievements.
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Plans are underway to set up a memorial within Nairobi’s Karura forest in honor of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. A memorial service will be held in the city tomorrow as funeral arrangements continue to be made. Professor Maathai’s family has, however, not divulged when and where she will be buried or even how, given that she was strongly against the cutting down of trees to build coffins. Meanwhile, world leaders and people from all walks of life continued to pass messages of condolence.
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From 2004 onwards,Prof. Wangari Maathai had a very esteemed title added before her name;Nobel laureate. This was for many the crowning achievement for a woman whose life had for many years been marked by strife in Kenya. Yet some of the key freedoms, including the freedom of speech found their way into Kenyan culture through those very struggles. John-Allan Namu spoke to two journalists that covered Wangari when she was reviled by the government at home, but revered abroad.
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