Kenya Kwanza has lost one of its key advisors following the sudden death of its economic taskforce member, Edward Mwachinga.
Confirming his demise, Pamoja African Alliance Party (PAA) leader, Amason Jeffa Kingi, noted that Mwachinga had been appointed to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance National Economic Task Force where he was expected to have immense input in the movement's direction.
Reports indicated that Mwachinga, who was the Chairperson of the National Election Board of the Pamoja African Alliance Party, collapsed and died while in his home in Nairobi on Tuesday night, June 14.
He had been battling heart disease for a year and has been in and out of the hospital.
"It is with a heavy heart that I received news last night of the passing on of my brother and Chairperson of the National Election Board of the Pamoja African Alliance Party, Mr Edward Mwachinga.
"Mr Edward Mwachinga had recently been appointed to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance National Economic Task Force where we envisaged immeasurable input from him," mourned Kingi.
George Kithii, a member of the PAA party vying for the Kilifi gubernatorial seat, mourned Mwachinga as a charismatic individual.
"It is indeed sad to lose such a charismatic leader who was also assigned to be my Economic Advisor immediately after the election. May God rest his soul in a good place and may his comfort be sufficient for us as we continue to mourn," he stated.
Mwachinga was appointed to the post in mid-May, months after PAA party had decamped from Azimio La Umoja to Kenya Kwanza.
The economic task force was then given 45 days to prepare a draft of manifestos that would form Kenya Kwanza's blueprint should they clinch the presidency.
Prior to his political run, Mwachinga served in the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (working as a tax advisor) and Delloite (where he was one of the managers in their Tanzanian branch).
He has also worked as a lawyer in Kenya.
