Jonah Kemboi Rotich: Ababu Namwamba's Long-Serving Bodyguard is Dead
- Ababu Namwamba mourns the death of his security aide, Corporal Jonah Kemboi Rotich, who battled multiple health challenges
- The former Sports Cabinet secretary described Rotich, who served him for 18 years, as humble, loyal and humane
- In his condolence message, Namwamba highlighted their close bond as a symbol of unity beyond ethnic divisions in Kenya
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Nairobi - Ababu Namwamba, the Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has been left heartbroken following the death of his security aide.
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Who is Jonah Kemboi Rotich?
In a post on Sunday, May 25, Namwambwa announced the untimely death of Corporal Jonah Kemboi Rotich.
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The former Sports Cabinet secretary disclosed that Rotich, who will be buried on June 3 in Eldoret, died after a long battle with multiple health challenges.
"Rotich has rested after a battle with multiple health challenges, a battle he has borne with admirable courage and stoicism. We are devastated by this painful loss, and commit his soul to the good Lord as we pray that his family finds comfort in the bossom of Christ. We will lay him to rest at his Eldoret home on June 3, 2025," Namwamba said.
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How Ababu Namwambu mourned his security aide
In his condolence message, Namwamba described Rotich as a humane, humble, loyal and honest security aide who served him for 18 years.
"For eighteen years, Corporal Jonah Kemboi Rotich has been more than just a trusted security aide to me. He has been a cherished brother and a true friend. Family in every sense. Professional yet humane, humble yet firm, loyal and honest beyond a morsel of doubt, he has been an ever presence around me in all situations. We have worked. We have travelled the world. We have dreamt. We have raised our children. We have built one large family. And worshipped our one true God, I as a committed Catholic, him a dedicated Seventh Day Adventist," he said.
According to Namwamba, his close relationship with Rotich is living testimony of how to forge a unified nation beyond myopic profiling and puerile ethnic jingoism.
"My family and I have felt safe with Rotich. And that counts for a lot in a society that is obsessed with elevating parochial tribal sectionalism above the purity of human connection. Indeed Rotich has felt as much at home among the Mulembe Nation of Ingo/Western as I have felt among his Kitwek backyard of Cherangany and Eldoret," the former Sports CS stated.
Who was George Oduor?
Recently, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga lost one of his longest-serving security aides, George Oduor.
Oduor passed away on Wednesday, April 2, at Nairobi West Hospital following a two-week stay. He was frequently seen accompanying the former prime minister in public.
Philip Etale, ODM’s director of communications, announced Oduor’s death on his Facebook page.
Oduor had served as an aide to the veteran opposition leader for over two decades, earning praise from many Kenyans for his unwavering support and dedication to Raila Odinga.
Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
