Life is short but in an unpredicted circumstances can be cut short teaching us the value of focusing on our legacies while still breathing.
Former Youth Enterprise Fund chairman and renowned music producer Bruce Odhiambo is dead.
Mr Odhiambo died on Monday night at Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit after developing heart related complications.
His family has confirmed the death but declined to comment further.
“Yes its true Bruce is dead. He died yesterday evening (Monday) but we wouldn’t want to comment further. We kindly ask the media to respect our privacy over the same,” Steve, a close relative to the deceased told reporters.
Mr Odhiambo is reported to have developed heart complications just weeks after returning from India in November 2018 where he had gone to seek specialized treatment.
The producer flew to India in October last year to replace his pacemaker – an electrical device implanted under the skin to help manage irregular heartbeats.
Mr Odhiambo, a close ally to President Uhuru Kenyatta, resigned from the Youth Fund job unceremoniously in March 2016 after being embroiled in a Sh 180 million scandal.
The president has taken to twitter to condole family and friends of his friend Bruce Odhiambo following his death stating that Bruce shared his God given talents through philanthropy and many benefited from his generosity.
I offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of my friend Bruce Odhiambo, following his death. Bruce shared his God given talents through philanthropy and many benefitted from his generosity. May God give his family the strength to bear this loss.
— Uhuru Kenyatta (@UKenyatta) January 8, 2019
RIP Bruce Odhiambo.