President Kenyatta Condoles With Family Of Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati
President Uhuru Kenyatta has condoled with the Wangamati family following the death of their matriarch, Mama Selina Nasike Wangamati.
Mama Selina, 82, is the wife of former nominated MP Patrick Wangamati and mother to Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati.
The President mourned Mama Selina, who passed away Tuesday night, as a virtuous, generous, and God-fearing woman who raised a successful family.
“Mama Selina’s success as a parent and family matriarch can be seen through her family. Being both a wife and mother to successful politicians is not a mean achievement,” the President said.
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The late Mama Selina Nasike Wangamati [Micah Sali, Standard]
Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati has lost his mother.
While making the announcement, Bungoma Deputy Governor Prof Charles Ngome said that Mama Selina Nasike Wangamati, 82, died in her sleep at her Kanduyi home.
“The Office of the Governor regrets to announce the passing on of mother to Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati. Mama Selina passed on peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night (February 16, 2021) at her Kanduyi home,” read part of the presser from the Deputy Governor.
According to Prof Ngome, Governor Wangamati and his family have started arrangements for her funeral, which he said would be communicated in due course.