This archive report was first published on 2 July 2020.
Mombasa Bishop Succumbs to COVID-19 ¶
Bishop Elisha Juma of the Kenya Assemblies of God (KAG) has died of COVID-19, barely three months after his eldest son succumbed to the virus in the United States.
According to his family, Bishop Juma was admitted to Mombasa Hospital due to high blood pressure and diabetes, but his condition worsened due to the respiratory illness.
As of July 1, 2020, Kenya had confirmed 6,673 cases of COVID-19, with 2,089 recoveries and 149 deaths.
The late bishop's family is planning to raise funds to help pay funeral expenses and the hospital bill, which has accumulated to KSh 2 million.
Bishop Juma's son, Peter, died of COVID-19 in the US on March 28, 2020. He had last visited his family during the 2019 Christmas period and was buried far away from home.
The late bishop will be laid to rest on July 4, 2020, at his rural home in Kabondo Kodumo, Homa Bay county.
