Matha Karua announces death of father Jackson Karua

People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has announced the death of her father Jackson Karua.

The political premier shared through a statement on Sunday that her father passed away moments after visiting him at his home in Kirinyaga County.

“I went to Kirinyaga to visit my father. My siblings and I spent time with him and sang his favourite gospel hymn, never knowing it would be our last song together. On my way back to Nairobi. I received the news that my beloved father had breathed his last,” she said.

She celebrated his late father as an honourable man who supported her ambitions since her early life.

“My father believed in me long before I had achieved anything worth celebrating. From my school days, through my career in law, and through the many chapters of my public life. He remained one of my strongest supporters, always proud, always encouraging, and always in my corner,’ Karua noted.

“My father was a principled man, a teacher, and a man who believed deeply in the value of character, education, and doing what is right. But to us, above all, he was a loving father, steady, generous, and present.”

The PLP boss honored her late father for the values he taught her and instilling good values in his family for posterity.

“There is never really an age at which you are prepared to say goodbye to someone who has been part of your life from the very beginning,” she noted.

“…We will each feel his absence in our own way, but we will also carry forward the lessons he gave us and the love that held our family together. I will miss his voice, his counsel, his encouragement, and the quiet reassurance of knowing that he was there.”