THE STANDARD By
Eric Abuga |
December 24th 2020 at 09:38:46 GMT +0300
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama s body has been airlifted to his Riamonoti home in Borabu Constituency this morning.
The body left Lee Funeral Home some minutes past 8am in a Kenya police chopper whch landed at Riamanoti Primary School shortly after 9am.
Family members receive Governor Nyagarama’s body at Riamanoti Primary School in Borabu Constituency. [Eric Abuga, Standard]
The family will hold brief prayers before proceeding to Nyamira Primary school grounds where the funeral service will be held under the leadership of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church where the deceased was an elder.
THE STANDARD By
Eric Abuga |
December 24th 2020 at 09:38:46 GMT +0300
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama s body has been airlifted to his Riamonoti home in Borabu Constituency this morning.
The body left Lee Funeral Home some minutes past 8am in a Kenya police chopper whch landed at Riamanoti Primary School shortly after 9am.
Family members receive Governor Nyagarama’s body at Riamanoti Primary School in Borabu Constituency. [Eric Abuga, Standard]
The family will hold brief prayers before proceeding to Nyamira Primary school grounds where the funeral service will be held under the leadership of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church where the deceased was an elder.
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama dies aged 74
Friday December 18 2020
His family said that he had breathing problems after his lungs collapsed.
Governor Nyagarama had been leading campaigns aimed at curbing the virus in his county, urging residents to follow guidelines issued by the government through the Health ministry.
Nyamira Deputy Governor Amos Nyaribo contracted Covid-19 at the beginning of November and was treated at various hospitals in Nairobi for three weeks.
Nyamira Governor John Obiero Nyagarama, 74, died early Friday at the Nairobi Hospital intensive care unit (ICU), where he had been admitted for more than a month.
Reports indicated that the governor suffered Covid-19 complications. His family said that he had breathing problems after his lungs collapsed.
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He had been placed on life support.
His family told Nation the soft-spoken politician developed breathing problems in the past week after his lungs collapsed.
Incidentally, the Governor has been leading campaigns aimed at curbing the virus in his county. He’s urged residents to follow guidelines issued by the government through the Health ministry.
The County’s Deputy Governor Amos Nyaribo also contracted Covid-19 at the beginning of November and was treated at various hospitals in Nairobi for three weeks.
Nyagarama’s first wife, Dorcas Sigara, died in 1998, leaving him with 10 children and his eldest son, George Ndemo Nyagarama, on June 11, 2018 after a long illness.