Kimathi Rawlings,The only son of Former President H.E Jerry John Rawlings has been the topic on social media over the resemblance he has with his father. He is really the chip off the old block.
He was seen at the funeral ground of his grandmother the Late Victoria Agbotui with his sisters in a photo which is everywhere on social media with alot of people saying how smart he looks.
The funeral was held at State House Forecourt where family and friends said goodbye to her and sent her ‘home’ peacefully.
The late Madam Agbotui was born on September 9, 1919, and passed on Thursday, September 24, 2020, just two weeks after she celebrated her 101st birthday. She was the former head of the catering department at the presidency during former president H.E J.J Rawlings’ reign
She was survived by four siblings and three children.
In paying an emotional tribute to his Late mother, Former President Jerry John Rawlings said his late mother “believed that the devil found use for the idle hand, so kept herself and those around her busy at all times”.
He also narrated how he loved nature so much that anytime his mother visited him on Saturdays way back in Achimota School she wouldn’t meet him because he was always at the Achimota forest enjoying the beauty of nature.
This were the exact words of the Former President,
“[One day]…as I headed back through the arboretum, I could see her standing in front of Guggisberg House wagging her finger at some poor student who was unfamiliar with her temperament. Invariably she was leaving a warning of some sort behind for me.”
Rawlings also said that his late mother did not like the idea of him joining the army and was hurt and vindicated about her original reservations concerning her son’s choice of career during his trial after the May 15, 1979 coup.
He also remembered how the bold character of his late mother made her to lambast the late Otumfuo Osei Tutu Agyeman-Prempeh at the State House when she worked there as a baker.
He said ,“When I went to visit her at the State House, I heard her yelling at someone. I followed her voice round the building till I arrived on the scene to witness my mother standing in the garden, rebuking someone on the balcony at the top of her voice.
“I looked up, and it was none other than Otumfuo Osei Tutu Agyeman-Prempeh II, the then Asantehene (of blessed memory) who had asked for salt from a junior staff member contrary to his strict dietary requirements. Naturally, he turned away and went into his room when he saw the shocked expression on my face,” Jerry John Rawlings said.
“Auntie Vic was talking to this great King as if he was her son! She was fearless with little regard for political correctness.”
Rawlings also said his mother was a very serious person.
“My mother never spoke; she only shouted. I can still hear her voice as I reminisce. That’s probably why I can’t seem to speak in a quiet voice, either, of all the things to inherit,” Rawlings stressed.
“Even on her 100th birthday, she was still giving orders about who was to stand where and what she wanted to eat and drink. She never lost her fire!”
He went on to say that sometimes he had the fear that his late mother will live longer than some of her children and friends.
“She was as tough as nails, but the good Lord giveth and taketh and I know she is already in Heaven busily shouting out instructions. I have no doubt God will make her police chief in Heaven to dish out her brand of discipline and trust her to perform the role with distinction,” he said.
