As 2018 come to a close we cannot forget some of the most important figures who made Kenya proud in one way or the other.Here is a list of some of the notable people who have passed away in 2018.
Kenneth Matiba a veteran politician passed on in April 2018.Matibe would be remembered for pioneering the Kenya’s multi-party democracy. since suffering a stroke in 1991 while at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, where he was held without trial during the reign of former president Daniel arap Moi.
He founded The People newspaper as a weekly in 1992 and re-launched it as a daily in 1998.
His death came hardly eight months after a court awarded him Sh15 million as damages for violations suffered, Sh18.14 million for medical expenses and Sh471.66 million for the financial losses incurred during detention.
Nicholas Bett he passed on inAugust 2018 in a road accident along the Eldoret-Kapsabet road just a day after returning from the Continental Championships in Nigeria.
He becoming the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in a short distance race on the world stage.
He won gold medal at the 2015 World Championships at the famous Bird’s Nest stadium. The 28-year old was also two-time African Championship medallist.
John Gakuo was Ex-Nairobi Town Clerk who passed on in October 2018
Mr. Gakuo died in Nairobi Hospital, a day before hearing for his application for release from jail on bail was set to happen.
He was jailed together with former local government permanent secretary Sammy Kirui in connection with the purchase of cemetery land valued at Sh283 million.
Gakuo was first elected the Nairobi Town Clerk in 2004 under the defunct Nairobi City Council. He is largely credited with refurbishing Central Park and Uhuru Park.
He also brightened up the face of the city, making it mandatory for building owners to fix and repaint them before getting their licenses renewed.
Joseph Kamaru a Veteran Kikuyu musician, October 2018, Mr. Kamaru died at MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi, bringing an end to his long career spanning several decades.
He died at 79 years of age.
One of his biggest contributions to the music industry was his re-workings of Kikuyu folk songs, some of which had been used to mobilise the community against colonial rule during the Mau Mau war.
Yvonne Wamalwa Widow of former Vice President Micheal Kijana Wamalwa
She died at her sister’s home in Nanyuki.
Until her death, Mrs Wamalwa was the Deputy Director in the Asia and Australasia Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She married Mr Wamalwa in 2003. But barely six months after their grand union, Mr Wamalwa died in London, where he had gone for treatment.
She had put behind the devastation of losing her husband and went back to school to study for a Master’s in Policing, Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and International Security in Australia.