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By DICKENS WESONGA
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The Bondo officer commanding the police division (OCPD), Mr Antony Wafula, is dead.
He is said to have developed breathing difficulties a week after visiting Nairobi.
He died at Bondo Sub-county Referral Hospital at 1am on Tuesday.
Siaya County Police Commander Mr Francis Kooli confirmed the incident.
He told the Nation that the OCPD was rushed to hospital at 10 pm on Monday after developing breathing difficulties.
He had also complained of chest pains and had a fever, the county Police boss says.
COVID TEST
The body was taken to Bondo Sub-county Hospital mortuary and samples have been taken to Kemri labs in Kisumu for Covid-19 tests.
"We are doing this to establish if he had Covid-19 given the symptoms and going by the fact that he had recently travelled to Nairobi," he said.
According to his friends, the late OCPD visited Nairobi last week and it was after he returned to his duty station that he began complaining about chest pains and fever.
"I am going to Bondo to speak to colleagues he may have interacted with to advise them not to panic. We will follow Ministry of Health guidelines once the results are out," said Mr Kooli.
The county police boss described the late OCPD as a dedicated and hardworking officer who always delivered every task assigned to him.
"We have lost a dependable and reliable officer who was known to work without being supervised," he said.
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PCEA pastor who fed those hit by Covid-19 dies of virus
Through May and June, his programme had fed 32,000 families; founder dies of disease he fought.
In Summary
•Rev Kariuki mobilised 4.5 million church members to support the vulnerable affected by the virus in his Adopt a Family initiative across East Africa.
Rev. Peter Kariuki Kania/ COURTESY
PCEA general secretary Peter Kariuki mobilised 4.5 million church members across East Africa to help those affected by Covid-19, only to be felled himself by the virus.
Kariuki led the Adopt a Family initiative that collected food for the vulnerable.
He mobilised church members to donate as little as Sh50 weekly or give in kind dry food packages for families that could no longer work for a living due to Covid-19 restrictions.
“If many of our people don’t work today, they won’t eat tomorrow. When people are hungry, it’s not about giving them bread for one day. It is about walking with them throughout their period of need," Kariuki said.
He died of the virus-related complications last week at a Nairobi hospital. He was aged 54.
He will be buried on Thursday at the Church of Torch in Thogoto, Kikuyu, the PCEA headquarters.
Kariuki, who had been the general secretary since 2015, is survived by a widow, three children and a granddaughter.
The government banned public gatherings, including congregational worship after the first coronavirus case was reported in March. As a result, churches mobilised interventions to support the poor.
Through May and June, the PCEA programme had fed 32,000 families.
PCEA moderator Julius Mwamba said Kariuki was ordained a minister in 1997 and had húeld numerous church positions before becoming general secretary.
"Reverend Kariuki had served this church with a lot of dedication, prayers and passion. He was a committed brother and a witness of Jesus Christ," Mwamba said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta eulogised the preacher as "a gifted minister of the gospel and man of God who served the PCEA and the Christian faith in the country with zeal and utmost commitment.
"Death has robbed our nation of a dedicated evangelist and distinguished church administrator whose immense contribution to the development of the Christian faith in Kenya shall be dearly missed," the President said.
More by this Author
The Bondo officer commanding the police division (OCPD), Mr Antony Wafula, is dead.
He is said to have developed breathing difficulties a week after visiting Nairobi.
He died at Bondo Sub-county Referral Hospital at 1am on Tuesday.
Siaya County Police Commander Mr Francis Kooli confirmed the incident.
He told the Nation that the OCPD was rushed to hospital at 10 pm on Monday after developing breathing difficulties.
He had also complained of chest pains and had a fever, the county Police boss says.
COVID TEST
The body was taken to Bondo Sub-county Hospital mortuary and samples have been taken to Kemri labs in Kisumu for Covid-19 tests.
"We are doing this to establish if he had Covid-19 given the symptoms and going by the fact that he had recently travelled to Nairobi," he said.
According to his friends, the late OCPD visited Nairobi last week and it was after he returned to his duty station that he began complaining about chest pains and fever.
"I am going to Bondo to speak to colleagues he may have interacted with to advise them not to panic. We will follow Ministry of Health guidelines once the results are out," said Mr Kooli.
The county police boss described the late OCPD as a dedicated and hardworking officer who always delivered every task assigned to him.
"We have lost a dependable and reliable officer who was known to work without being supervised," he said.
______________________________
PCEA pastor who fed those hit by Covid-19 dies of virus
Through May and June, his programme had fed 32,000 families; founder dies of disease he fought.
In Summary
•Rev Kariuki mobilised 4.5 million church members to support the vulnerable affected by the virus in his Adopt a Family initiative across East Africa.
Rev. Peter Kariuki Kania/ COURTESY
PCEA general secretary Peter Kariuki mobilised 4.5 million church members across East Africa to help those affected by Covid-19, only to be felled himself by the virus.
Kariuki led the Adopt a Family initiative that collected food for the vulnerable.
He mobilised church members to donate as little as Sh50 weekly or give in kind dry food packages for families that could no longer work for a living due to Covid-19 restrictions.
“If many of our people don’t work today, they won’t eat tomorrow. When people are hungry, it’s not about giving them bread for one day. It is about walking with them throughout their period of need," Kariuki said.
He died of the virus-related complications last week at a Nairobi hospital. He was aged 54.
He will be buried on Thursday at the Church of Torch in Thogoto, Kikuyu, the PCEA headquarters.
Kariuki, who had been the general secretary since 2015, is survived by a widow, three children and a granddaughter.
The government banned public gatherings, including congregational worship after the first coronavirus case was reported in March. As a result, churches mobilised interventions to support the poor.
Through May and June, the PCEA programme had fed 32,000 families.
PCEA moderator Julius Mwamba said Kariuki was ordained a minister in 1997 and had húeld numerous church positions before becoming general secretary.
"Reverend Kariuki had served this church with a lot of dedication, prayers and passion. He was a committed brother and a witness of Jesus Christ," Mwamba said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta eulogised the preacher as "a gifted minister of the gospel and man of God who served the PCEA and the Christian faith in the country with zeal and utmost commitment.
"Death has robbed our nation of a dedicated evangelist and distinguished church administrator whose immense contribution to the development of the Christian faith in Kenya shall be dearly missed," the President said.
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