NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 22 – Vioja Mahakamani prosecutor Gibson Gathu Mbugua has died.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which ran the Vioja Mahakamani show confirmed Gathu’s demise on Thursday, December 22.
Gathu died in the Intensive Care Unit of the Mediheal hospital where he had been admitted after battling illness for nearly 20 years.
“Good morning, friends and family… This morning I have received a phone call from Mediheal hospital informing me that our brother Gibson has rested…it’s been a journey but in all God is still on the throne,” his family said.
Gathu underwent surgery to treat diabetes in August this year after Kenyans came to his aid by helping him raise Sh6 million for his treatment.
Among the Kenyans who contributed to the fund is former President Uhuru Kenyatta who gave Sh2 million.
He was then admitted to the Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret where he was treated and discharged on August 3, 2022.
He expressed his gratitude after being discharged from the hospital following a successful surgery.
He was full of appreciation to the Head of State for his Sh2 million donation, as well as all Kenyans who offered him support. He particularly expressed his gratitude for his colleagues, especially Lucy Wangui (the magistrate), Mathias Keya (Alfonse Makacha Makokha) and Hiram Mungai (Ondiek Nyuka Kwota).
“I am so thankful to Kenyans who came through for me. I could never appreciate them enough,” the actor said.
In an earlier interview, the actor disclosed how kidney failure had depleted his family’s finances since he was diagnosed.
He painfully narrated how costly dialysis treatment had driven him and his family over the edge leaving them helpless and with no choice but to appeal for funds from Kenyans of goodwill to finance his surgery and post-kidney transplant treatment.
“Dialysis treatment is costly. It exhausts your medical insurance cover and you start digging deep into your pockets. Insurance cover is limited. You have to undergo dialysis three times in a week and each visit you pay Sh10,000,” he said back then.
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