{"id":8687,"date":"2020-05-29T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2020-05-29T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T21:26:29","slug":"k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried","title":{"rendered":"K24 journalist who killed himself is buried"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"standard-content \">\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Molo-based K24 journalist George Kori was on Wednesday laid to rest at their home in Gatura village in a ceremony attended by family, local leaders and fellow journalists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-article-page-desktop my-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1498022554617-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMSvoayA2ukCFS3LuwgdQboKNw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/24409412\/home_main_inner_middle_advert1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kori, 34, was found dead at their farm on Sunday after going missing for five days in what is believed to be a case of suicide.Governor Lee Kinyanjui characterised the death as &#8220;a big blow to the county and to people who depended on his services&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\">He said the scribe&#8217;s reports instigated action from the government. He nonetheless regretted that Molo accounts for more than half of the suicide cases reported in the county, majority of which hits the youth.<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\">\nMolo MP Kuria Kimani urged men not to view seeking help for mental health as a sign of weakness.He said if men continue to suffer in silence more lives would be lost through suicide.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\">He expressed optimism that the Mental Health Bill, which is set for a second reading in the National Assembly, will come in handy for persons suffering from depression.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\">Speaking on behalf of journalists, Bernard Waweru eulogised Kori as a dedicated journalist who mentored many in the profession.&#8221;Kori is among the pioneer journalists in Molo. Through him many have come up and the media industry has grown,&#8221; said Waweru.Family representative Julia Wandeti described him as an obedient son who was supportive to his siblings.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001373123\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\">&#8220;We have lost a great pillar. He was young yet so supportive and resourceful to us. His death came to us as a shocker,&#8221; said Ms Wandeti.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Molo-based K24 journalist George Kori was on Wednesday laid to rest at their home in Gatura village in a ceremony attended by family, local leaders and fellow journalists. Kori, 34, was found dead at their farm on Sunday after going missing for five days in what is believed to be a case of suicide.Governor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[3889,3888,1472],"class_list":["post-8687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-george-kori","tag-k24","tag-suicide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>K24 journalist who killed himself is buried - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Molo-based K24 journalist George Kori was on Wednesday laid to rest at their home in Gatura village in a ceremony attended by family, local leaders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"K24 journalist who killed himself is buried\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Molo-based K24 journalist George Kori was on Wednesday laid to rest at their home in Gatura village in a ceremony attended by family, local leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-29T21:26:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/ezcvyr1firupalsz5ecff266cc69c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"K24 journalist who killed himself is buried\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-29T21:26:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/ezcvyr1firupalsz5ecff266cc69c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"George Kori\",\"K24\",\"Suicide\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/k24-journalist-who-killed-himself-is-buried\",\"name\":\"K24 journalist who killed himself is buried - 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