Veteran politician Kimani Wanyoike dies in hospital

A former member of the National Assembly who also vied for the presidency has passed away.

Former South Kinangop MP Kimani Wanyoike died while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital.

The politician passed away on the morning of Wednesday, April 29, aged 85 years.

The deceased had been battling a long illness before his final bow.

It was not, however, clear what the politician had been suffering from at the time of publishing.

He also served for many years as a trade unionist.

In 1996, the politician had a political tryst with Ken Matiba and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The dalliance, however, died a natural death.

This comes roughly a week after a Mt Kenya politician, who was among the founders of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s The National Alliance (TNA) Party, died suddenly after vomiting blood.

The former Kanu county treasurer Waweru Gachibiri died painfully after a day-long drinking spree.

He had complained of severe stomach pain and started vomiting blood and that was when he was taken to the Kerugoya Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead.