Former President Kibaki yesterday urged intellectuals in East Africa to fast-track regional integration.
Kibaki said intellectuals can play an integral role in building a wealthier, safer and more united East African Community.
The former President delivered a keynote address during the launch of Mwai Kibaki Presidential Library at Makerere University.
He said intellectuals should summon self-drive and downright dutifulness in asserting their intellectual capital.
The mega project, expected to cost US$ 50 million (Sh4.5 billion), has been named in his honour.
It will host the Mwai Kibaki Endowed Chair in Economics and the East African Mwai Kibaki Centre for Leadership, Public Finance and Policy.
Kibaki said: “What is lacking is deliberate, driven and downright dutifulness of our intellectuals to invest ideas in the process of remaking the East African Community.”