A journalist working for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation died on Tuesday, March 3.
Gladys Kathomi Kaburu who worked as a correspondent for Mwago FM, a KBC-owned vernacular station, died while receiving treatment.
She had been admitted at the St Ann Mission Hospital in Igoji, Meru County on Monday, March 2.
Family and friends have eulogised Kathomi as a journalist who was passionate and was always dedicated to her work.
Mwago FM station head Kimathi Bauni eulogised the journalist as someone who was always determined to create better content.
“Ms Kaburu joined KBC back in 2016 and she has been of great value to the station with her innovative ideas on how to improve the programming and the content,” Bauni stated.
Her father, Henry Kaburu, stated that Kathomi's death came as a big blow to the family.
“She was my firstborn and always played a key role in the family,” Kaburu stated.
The journalists' death comes barely a month after a journalist from The Standard Group, Darlington Manyara, died on Tuesday morning, February 18.
Manyara is said to have fallen sick after he returned from the Coast, where he was helping in the moving of property belonging to his late brother Ronny Ntubiri, who was buried in January.
Standard Group Mt Kenya Region Bureau Chief Francis Ngige mourned him as a lively individual who was zealous about his work.
"He was such a bubbly mate and a passionate journalist who we shall greatly miss. May his soul rest in eternal peace and may the family find strength," Ngige stated.
