Det fortsätter att strömma in tweets [en] i nobelpristagaren Wangari Maathais [en] ära, hon var en kenyansk miljö- och politisk aktivist som dog i förra veckan [en] efter att ha kämpat mot cancer.

@CapitalFM_kenya rapporterar att Wangari kommer att få en statsbegravning:

@CapitalFM_kenya: President #Kibaki has announced that Prof Wangari #Maathai will be accorded a State Funeral; flags to fly at half mast tomorrow and Friday

Wangari Maathai. Image by Flickr user e pants (CC BY 2.0).

@echoinggreen delar med sig av ett citat från Wangari Maathai:

@echoinggree: “..there comes a time when…we have to shed our fear & give hope to each other. That time is now.” – Wangari Maathai #heros #bebold

Var är mitt signerade exemplar av Wangaris bok?:

@GeeBrunswick: I am so vain…frantically looking for my signed copy of Dr #WangariMaathai's book.

Vila i Frid Prof. Wangari Maathai:

@mbuguanjihia: “Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” — Mark Twain Rest in Peace Prof Wangari Maathai.

Ledsamt…

@waithash: #WangariMaathai Sad and worse is the fact that I never heard of her illness. @kenyangetter #cancer

Nästa månad kommer kenyaner att plantera träd i hennes ära:

@K24Tv: Kenyans will be planting trees at the Karura forest on Saturday Oct 1st between 10am – 5pm in honour of the late Great Prof.#WangariMaathai

Det är de små sakerna vi gör som kommer att göra skillnad:

@OfficialKimora: “It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.” RIP #WangariMaathai #Africa

@RobertAlai säger:

@RobertAlai: Nairobi river should be cleaned in honour of Wangari Maathai.

@StateDept säger:

@StateDept: #SecClinton: Wangari Maathai understood the deep connection between local and global problems, and helped give ordinary citizens a voice.

Bästa hyllningen av Wangari Maathai:

@missbwalya: Best tribute to Wangari Maathai – “She came. She battled. She won.”