President Uhuru Kenyatta signs the condolence
book of the late former Juja MP George Thuo at
Thika
Sports Club in Kiambu County yesterday.
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Updated
Friday, November 22nd 2013
President Uhuru Kenyatta
led top political leaders in the burial of former Juja MP George Thuo, who died
under mysterious circumstances in a Thika social joint. Grief engulfed Bendor
Estate in Thika as mourners gave Thuo, who also served as a Chief Whip in the
Grand Coalition Government, a fitting send-off. Mourners eulogised him as a
gallant son of Kenya who possessed distinguished leadership and business
skills. Uhuru termed the late Thuo as “an honest and dependable friend”. “He was
a true friend who would always give me honest and candid advice. He was a
person who offered solutions to problems facing his people. I have lost a true
friend and a close one at that,” Uhuru said.
Mr Kabogo
said though he was his political competitor, “Thuo was a mature leader whose
main interest and love lay in the welfare of the people he represented. Kiambu
County is mourning the demise of a great leader and we pray that God rests his
soul in eternal peace,” Kabogo said. Both leaders have in the past faced Thuo
in fight for Juja parliamentary seat. During the funeral it emerged Thuo was a
fearless man who never shied from airing his honest opinion on a matter. A family
member, a Mr Mwangi told the congregation how in 1991 when Thuo was working as
a senior manager for the Stagecoach International stationed in Malawi, called
State House Nairobi to speak to the former president to register his concern on
the state of the nation during the clamour for multiparty democracy. “Thuo came
to the office one morning and told me he was going to call State House in order
to speak with the former president to tell him to allow repeal of section 2A to
usher in multipartyism. I tried to caution him but he would hear none of it.”
“He eventually called and though he did not get the president, someone from his
office received his concerns and promised to convey them to his boss,” Mwangi
said.
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