This archive report was first published on 27 July 2019.
Kenyan media personality Jeff Koinange has pledged to honor the memory of late Kibra MP Ken Okoth by renaming a library in his name.
Okoth, a 41-year-old MP, died on July 27, 2019, at the Nairobi Hospital after being admitted for treatment earlier that day.
According to a family spokesman, Okoth's health had deteriorated rapidly, and he was taken to the ICU at around 8pm before passing away at 4pm the next day.
Jeff Koinange, who had planned to launch a library at Mbagathi Girls School in Kibra, has decided to rename it the 'Ken Okoth Library' in honor of the late MP.
"A very SAD day...Ken Okoth was a GREAT man..A FIGHTER...A great LEADER...We were just about to LAUNCH the "Jeff Koinange LIBRARY " at Mbagathi Girls in Kibra...In HONOR of Ken, I will rename it "KEN OKOTH LIBRARY"...Rest in Peace Bro..Till we MEET," he wrote on Instagram.
