This archive report was first published on 2 August 2019.
On Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to attend the second funeral service for the late Dr. Joyce Laboso at Bomet Green Stadium.
His Deputy, William Ruto, has already arrived, accompanied by MPs and other leaders.
The service will be presided over by Dr. Langat of Africa Gospel Church.
Following the service, there will be a public viewing of the body of the late Bomet Governor.
Dr. Laboso's body was flown to her residence in Sotik on Thursday after an earlier service at the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya has confirmed that security at the Bomet Green Stadium has been strengthened in preparation for the dignitaries attending the service on Friday.
After the service in Bomet, the body will be flown to her matrimonial home in Fort Tenan, Kisumu County.
The late Dr. Laboso will be laid to rest on Saturday.
She succumbed to cancer on July 29 at Nairobi Hospital.
