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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Radio Africa Group is mourning the death of The Star<\/em>\u00a0newspaper journalist Reuben Githinji who reportedly succumbed to complications arising from\u00a0the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n

Githinji’s sister,\u00a0Grace Wacheke, confirmed the news to\u00a0Nation,\u00a0<\/em>noting that the scribe succumbed to the virus on the morning of Wednesday, March 24, while receiving treatment\u00a0Murang’a Hospital.<\/p>\n

At the time of his death, Githinji worked as\u00a0The Star<\/em>\u00a0Newspaper’s Embu reporter and was aged 52 years.<\/p>\n

“My brother has died of Covid-19. We have learnt of his demise with great shock,” she stated.<\/p>\n

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The late Reuben Githinji who was attached to The Star Newspaper.<\/div>\n
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She further revealed that her brother had been hospitalised at the Embu Referral Hospital in the week beginning Monday, March 15, after he complained of difficulty in breathing.<\/p>\n

On arrival to the hospital, he was put on oxygen before being transferred to the ICU wing after his condition worsened.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the wing was full and the hospital transferred him to Murang’a Hospital. He died a few days later.<\/p>\n

Githinji leaves behind a wife and one child who is set to sit for the upcoming Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education (KCSE).<\/p>\n

“We shall meet as a family to make burial arrangements for our beloved brother,” continued Wacheke.<\/p>\n

The death comes days after journalist Lorna Irungu passed away on Monday, March 22, after battling Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n

“Lorna Irungu-Macharia has succumbed to Covid-19; the former Gina Din Group Managing Director, who was also a media personality, has been a Lupus survivor for over 20 years and had undergone several kidney transplants,” tweeted NTV news anchor Dan Mwangi.<\/p>\n

Irungu was popularly known\u00a0for the Omo-Pick-A-Box show that was popular\u00a0in the 1990s. She hosted the show alongside\u00a0Regina Mutoko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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