JUST IN: Ruto, Uhuru Lead Kenyan Leaders in Mourning Pope Francis
Kenya’s political class closed ranks on Easter Monday after news broke that Pope Francis had died earlier in the morning, ending a transformative 12‑year papacy. President William Ruto set the tone with a message that blended national grief and personal admiration. “We join the Catholic Church and the global Christian community in mourning the passing of Pope Francis,” he wrote, hailing the late pontiff as a “beacon of servant leadership” whose humility crossed every cultural and religious line. Ruto praised the Pope’s relentless defence of society’s most vulnerable, saying the Argentine‑born cleric “exemplified inclusivity and justice” in both word and deed. He concluded by noting that the Pope’s moral convictions “inspired millions across the
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