Ken Walibora's relatives struggling to come to terms with author's death

- Ken Walibora was reportedly knocked down by a matatu in Nairobi on Friday, April 10, along Landhis Road

- The veteran journalist and author's family and friends had been looking for him since then only to find his body in a morgue

- Walibora would be remembered for his famous Swahili novels such as Ndoto ya Amerika, Siku Njema and Ndoto ya Almasi

- His cousin who wishes not to be mentioned mourned him as a down to earth man stating the deceased lived alone in Lavington as his family resided in the US

The family of the late veteran Swahili author and former NTV anchor Ken Walibora are struggling to come to terms with his untimely death.

Walibora was found dead on Friday, April 10, after he was reportedly knocked down by a rogue matatu on Landhies road, Nairobi.

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According to sources close to his family, the novelist was taken to hospital by police after he was found unconscious and it was not clear if he was involved in an accident, as was earlier reported.

A cousin to the deceased who wishes not to be mentioned said some family members had gone to visit him over the weekend at his house in Lavington but were told he left on Friday and he had not returned.

"Ken was a down to earth man, he could drive to our rural home, where he could join my parents for days. He loved indigenous vegetables, he could ask mom to prepare him some traditional meals as he enjoyed staying in village.

It was something that had left people who knew him with confusion for a man who lived a quiet life," said the cousin.

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Walibora's nuclear family was in the US while the author stayed alone in Lavington.

The cousin remembered him as a man who lived a simple life despite his big personality.

Back at his rural home in Sibanga, Cherang'any residents were also yet to come to terms with the fact that one of there own was no more. Most of them were in the dark and could not comprehend what transpired.

TUKO.co.ke tried to reach out to his elder brother Patrick Lumumba, principal of Bwake Secondary School, but the calls went unanswered.

Walibora will be remembered for his contribution in the education sector as one of his famous books Siku Njema, a 1996 edition, was at one time used as a high school set book.

As the family embarked on arrangements to ensure Walibora rests well in his rural area, it was not clear whether the restricted movement that had temporarily blocked movement in and out of Nairobi and government guidelines on burial arrangements following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic would allow thousands of fans to give him a decent send off.

Story by Davis Bwayo, TUKO correspondent, Trans-Nzoia.

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