Retired President Mwai Kibaki is not admitted to hospital as some media reports suggested on Thursday, his Private Secretary Ngari Gituku has said.
However, the 88-year-old retired head of state visited The Nairobi Hospital on Monday, a trip Mr Gituku described as “a routine check-up”.
“It was a normal visit and there is nothing new,” he said on phone.
While Mr Kibaki has been battling a recurrent knee problem after sustaining an injury in a road crash in Machakos in 2002, Mr Gituku could not confirm if it was the reason for the latest visit.
“At his age and stature, they can check anything (during routine medical trips), including the hair follicle, the prostrate and eyesight,” he said.