Rest in Peace, fellow Member

Meria said:
very true, ka pygmy vitu tight kama smaku, huku stoki.
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I have never seen @Cortedivoire laugh
 
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Generally, bosses are rarely good people; that’s not debatable. But there are always exceptions.
When I was a trainee journalist, I secured an internship at the Kenya News Agency - KNA office at EMCO House in Embu town, 2003. My supervisor was one man named Steve Gatheru. He meant business from the first day.
Back then, I was still a momma’s boy; a certified wussy. But Gatheru was on a mission to make a man out of me, leave alone molding me into the journalist I was studying to become. This man was both a father and a boss.
My mom, the Late Jane Muthoni used to frequent the office to check on me and give me pocket money. This got Gatheru worked up and he banished her from our workplace. He firmly told me that she was my father’s wife, not mine.
Fast forward to 2007, I got a job at the same government department I had been attached to five years earlier. Now I was Gatheru’s colleague. It was evident that I had gone through the best hands in the profession. I owe a lot to him.
I worked in Kisii, Garissa, Nairobi, Eldoret and Kitui, but the name Steve Gatheru could never be erased from my mind. This was my mentor; he shaped me just not professionally, but also socially. He removed all the foolishness in me.
I later left the National Government for County Public Service in 2013. However, due to our good connection, I still frequented the KNA office where everyone fondly referred to Gatheru as ‘Boss’. We also played scrabble after office hours.
The fingers of one hand are too many to count the number of good bosses I have had in my professional career, but Gatheru will definitely take the first count. He just had a good personality and meant good for all that served under him.
It was devastating to learn that this great man succumbed to pneumonia at the Embu Level 5 Hospital. I’m at a loss. I will miss a colleague, a father figure, a friend, a gaming partner and a senior scribe that I relied upon for professional counsel.
I’m not an expert in goodbyes, especially when it involves someone this close. My heart is heavy, buy I must accept that my boss is in a better place. He might be gone, but his spirit will live on in the ideals he cultivated in me and many others.
It is said that God always harvests the best amongst us, I just never expected that He would take this one so soon. Many were still to tap from his wisdom even after retirement.
May the good Lord Rest Stephen Maina Gatheru’s soul in eternal Bliss.
I will miss you boss. Till we meet…
 
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Generally, bosses are rarely good people; that’s not debatable. But there are always exceptions.
When I was a trainee journalist, I secured an internship at the Kenya News Agency - KNA office at EMCO House in Embu town, 2003. My supervisor was one man named Steve Gatheru. He meant business from the first day.
Back then, I was still a momma’s boy; a certified wussy. But Gatheru was on a mission to make a man out of me, leave alone molding me into the journalist I was studying to become. This man was both a father and a boss.
My mom, the Late Jane Muthoni used to frequent the office to check on me and give me pocket money. This got Gatheru worked up and he banished her from our workplace. He firmly told me that she was my father’s wife, not mine.
Fast forward to 2007, I got a job at the same government department I had been attached to five years earlier. Now I was Gatheru’s colleague. It was evident that I had gone through the best hands in the profession. I owe a lot to him.
I worked in Kisii, Garissa, Nairobi, Eldoret and Kitui, but the name Steve Gatheru could never be erased from my mind. This was my mentor; he shaped me just not professionally, but also socially. He removed all the foolishness in me.
I later left the National Government for County Public Service in 2013. However, due to our good connection, I still frequented the KNA office where everyone fondly referred to Gatheru as ‘Boss’. We also played scrabble after office hours.
The fingers of one hand are too many to count the number of good bosses I have had in my professional career, but Gatheru will definitely take the first count. He just had a good personality and meant good for all that served under him.
It was devastating to learn that this great man succumbed to pneumonia at the Embu Level 5 Hospital. I’m at a loss. I will miss a colleague, a father figure, a friend, a gaming partner and a senior scribe that I relied upon for professional counsel.
I’m not an expert in goodbyes, especially when it involves someone this close. My heart is heavy, buy I must accept that my boss is in a better place. He might be gone, but his spirit will live on in the ideals he cultivated in me and many others.
It is said that God always harvests the best amongst us, I just never expected that He would take this one so soon. Many were still to tap from his wisdom even after retirement.
May the good Lord Rest Stephen Maina Gatheru’s soul in eternal Bliss.
I will miss you boss. Till we meet…
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True wealth, as the pastor pointed out during last Sunday's sermon, is when one departs this wretched world and people mourn them for the impact they had on people's lives. Not the properties amassed, education accolades, or the other hullabaloos we chase so hard. G was a good man indeed.
 
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