The late Wahome Gakuru’s sons eulogized their father as an outstanding family man who was their family icon during his burial ceremony in Nyeri.
Wangai, Mugambi Mwenda and Maina Kimathi paid tribute to the late Governor and thanked him for spending time with them.
Mugambi also sang a song with students from Alliance High School where he is sitting for his KCSE examinations this month.
“Thank you guys for praying for me as I did my exams and I thank President Uhuru Kenyatta for asking Kenyans to stand with me. I stand here today because my father has imparted may good things in my life and I now have God as my father, goodbye daddy,” he said.
Their tributes brought many to tears including former President Mwai Kibaki and DP William Ruto’s wife Rachel.
Gakuru was last seen when he hosted his son and the classmates at his Runda residence in Runda shortly before the national exams began.
His wife Catherine said she met Gakuru in September 1991 at the University of Nairobi, Kabete Campus and they had been married for 21 years.
She asked the media to be sensitive when reporting deaths to avoid inflicting pain on those directly affected.