{"id":11019,"date":"2021-08-11T08:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T08:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11019"},"modified":"2021-08-11T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T08:25:10","slug":"veteran-politician-george-nthenge-dies-of-vovid-19-aged-87yrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11019","title":{"rendered":"Veteran politician George Nthenge dies of  covid 19 aged 87yrs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">George Nthenge dead.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Kamukunji MP George Gregory Wilson Nthenge has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his son Edward Musembi Nthenge, the veteran politician died on Tuesday, August 10 at his home in Buruburu, Nairobi where he was recovering after being discharged from Nairobi Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nthenge was a member of LEGCO for the then larger Machakos District in 1960 and was among the leaders who attended the Lancaster House Conference in London prior to Kenya\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, he was the Member of Parliament for Iveti South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as Kamukunji MP between 1992 and 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders have mourned the second liberation hero\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot_2021-08-11-10-40-14-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot_2021-08-11-10-40-14-43.jpg 720w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot_2021-08-11-10-40-14-43-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>George Nthenge with Machakos Governor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am sad to learn of the passing of Hon. George Gregory Nthenge, at the age of 94, due to Covid complications. Former MP &amp; Minister, Mzee Nthenge was a brilliant &amp; visionary leader. He survived tragedy &amp; celebrated life. He is one the greatest leaders of KENYA. Rest In Peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In &nbsp;a previous interview with&nbsp;Nation, Nthenge said he wished to be buried two feet below his wife whose life was claimed by an accident some 41 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images-1-1.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nthenge survived the 1978 accident but his wife and 10 children lost their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf all goes according to plan, my beloved second wife, Scholastica, will be buried two feet above me. I love them that much,\u201d Nthenge told the daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Nthenge dead. Former Kamukunji MP George Gregory Wilson Nthenge has died. According to his son Edward Musembi Nthenge, the veteran politician died on Tuesday, August 10 at his home in Buruburu, Nairobi where he was recovering after being discharged from Nairobi Hospital. Nthenge was a member of LEGCO for the then larger Machakos District &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11024,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11019\/revisions\/11024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}