Former TLB Chairman Hassan Ole Kamwaro Succumbs to Cancer in the US
Former Transport and Licensing Board (TLB) Chairman Hassan Ole Kamwaro has passed away.
The 75-year-old is reported to have succumbed to throat cancer on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in the United States.
While confirming his death, his daughter Diana Kamwaro said her father was admitted at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma three months ago.
She said Mr. Kamwaro was flown to the US in March and was first treated at Texas Oncology Centre before being transferred to Mercy Hospital on April 29th.
Ms. Diana said Kamwaro collapsed for the second time last Saturday and was taken to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he died on Tuesday.
"He again collapsed last Saturday and was sent to the Intensive Care Unit and on Tuesday evening he succumbed," she told Daily Nation.
He hit the headlines in 2013 after marrying Eunice Sesian, a 15-year-old girl. At the time, Kamwaro told reporters that in the Maasai culture, it was not age that mattered but family background.
He said that his children, some of whom were older than Sesian, contributed Sh200,000 for the wedding and accepted her as their mum.
In a past interview, Kamwaro said his first wife died in a road accident while the second one abandoned him as he was seeking treatment in the US.
He served as the TLB Chairman from 2010 to 2012 and is remembered for a non-nonsense approach in dealing with the matatu menace in the country before he retired.
He served as Wiper party deputy chairman in 2015. Kamwaro held a doctorate degree from United Graduate College in the US.
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This is really sad. Indian…
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This is really sad. Indian leaders don't travel outside india for cancer treatment. Neither do mexicans, americans, chinese .....
75 year old marrying a 15…
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75 year old marrying a 15 year old? Why was he not arrested and charged in Kenya? Culture? Nonsense! He should have been thrown in jail along with those who contributed 200k no one is above the law..
RIP. There is a good lesson…
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RIP. There is a good lesson to be learned by our leaders. They need to watch a video of a Nigerian Senator who went to Germany for treatment and was beaten up by Diaspora Nigerians for seeking treatment outside of his country while his fellow citizens were suffering instead of building the best hospitals in Africa.
Another from Zimbabwe was boowed and water thrown onto him for giving useless speeches outside of his country (Chatam house) about how he will run his country.
Kenyans and Africans are tired of our leaders stealing public funds and signing their wills to foreign airlines, useless foreign trips, accommodations and foreign hospitals and finally dying anyway.
Instead of building hospitals, creating jobs for our doctors and nurses, we develop foreign hospitals and give jobs to foreign doctors while our citizens die on a daily basis because some cannot afford even one decent meal a day.
Things are changing, let our greedy MP's learn that it's not business as usual. Steal but know you may not find a place where you or your family will spend it.
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In reply to RIP. There is a good lesson… by Anonymous UI (not verified)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6A0qFaMvuo
Pedophilia. Marrying a 15…
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Pedophilia. Marrying a 15 year old girl? He should be in sex offender registry and having a GPS leg bracelet.
so, in other words a…
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so, in other words a pedophile died?
Why are you only faulting…
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Why are you only faulting the dude which sane woman hands over her 15 year old to an old man to be defiled because at such an age the poor girl can not comprehend what marriage is if she is expecting grand kids obviously the mother or father or guardian or all three chose prestige and money over the welfare of the child.Some people should never procreate.And now you will see the kids exclude her from the will since she was not their mother .Africans when will we learn
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@RAIA, I see your point, however, guaranteed the parents are/we're poor, which then the person who had the connection and stole money like everyone in Kenya that has a chance to, offers them money and what can they do? so, we blame HIM
This is misguided journalism…
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This is misguided journalism. The woman was 22 yrs old when getting married not 15 years old. Check your facts. She was above 18 and old enough to make her own decisions. RIP Ole Kamwaro
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