Wangari Maathai laid to rest in Nairobi

Prof. Wangari Maathai was given a worthy farewell by all walks of Kenya at a ceremony held in Nairobi. The President, Prime Minister, Vice President, members of the cabinet and leaders joined Kenyans, diplomats and leaders from around the world to bid Wangari farewell. The funeral ceremony was held at the grounds which Prof. Wangari had blocked the Moi government from setting up what was to be Nairobi's tallest building, a 60-storey skyscraper.

The "queen of the environment" was described by the Norwegian ambassador in Kenya, Per Ludvig Magnus as "a great and remarkable woman, gifted, visionary and humble".