SIR CHARLES NJONJO CREMATED

ACCORDING to his family, Njonjo died of pneumonia at around 5.15am today in his Muthaiga home, Nairobi City County. Carey Ngini, former AG’s son-in-law told The Sunday Standard that the disease made Njonjo’s lungs to collapse.

The late Attorney General Charles Njonjo was cremated at Kariokor Crematorium. He was 101 years old. Photo/COURTESY

He had been ailing over the course of last year.

Njonjo was cremated at the Kariokor Hindu Crematorium at 10.30am.

“As of this morning, he breathed his last. It was actually as a result of a little bout of pneumonia, which he suffered. The pneumonia had compromised his lungs”, said his son-in-law.

Ngini revealed that they cremated his body since it was within the late centenarian’s will to be cremated.

“Part of his instructions were that we perform a cremation immediately or immediately after his passing.

He didn’t want any fanfare. He didn’t want a lot of ceremony. He didn’t want a lot of what goes with funerals and passing of people of his stature.

He was very clear that we must cremate him immediately after he passes on”, said the son-in-law who added that the cremation did not take a lot of time.

STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT, EDITED By MUSYOKA NGUI