The author, essayist and campaigner, who also championed African literature through the Kwani Trust he founded with other writers, passed away in Nairobi, the organisation’s chairman, Tom Maliti, confirmed. Wainaina challenged stereotypes of Africa with biting satire and took on prejudice by documenting his life as an openly gay man.
Literary fans all over the world are paying tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina, the award-winning Kenyan writer who died aged 48. Kenyans eulogize MP Ken Okoth May: Gay Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina dies ‘‘We want to inform the nation, the people of Kibra, that the leader they trust, a servant leader, Hon Ken Okoth is no more,” Okoth’s brother Imran Okoth said.Ĭolorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer and colon cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Local newspaper, Daily Nation said at the time that Okoth was put on life support at Nairobi hospital where he was admitted. Okoth, till his death represented the Kibra constituency for 11 years, he had returned from five months of medical leave in France before he died. Later in July, Kenya was hit by yet another high profile death when legislator, Ken Okoth, succumbed to colorectal cancer. Kenya’s Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore dies of cancer July: MP Ken Okoth dies He was set to step down in August after nine years at the helm, during which time Safaricom’s share price rose by more than 400%. In May, Collymore, 61, had said he would stay in his position for an extra year. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing away of Robert (Bob) William Collymore, CEO of Safaricom Plc, which occurred at his home in the morning of 1st July 2019,” the firm said in a statement. Kenyans in July 2019 took to social media to eulogise Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer Robert William Collymore, who the company said died after a nearly two-year long battle with cancer. Who else made our list of 2019 deaths? July: Kenyans mourn top telecoms executive Gambia lost a former president and the music industry across Francophone Africa lost DJ Arafat. Mugabe to Mtukudzi, perhaps Zimbabwe was one of the worse hit in 2019 along with Tunisia that lost a sitting and an exiled president.
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