Kamangu dies in hospital

Mr Kamangu

James Kamangu, the alleged former husband of assistant minister Bishop Margaret Wanjiru, has died

Mr Kamangu died last night at Kenyatta hospital, his wife said.

Sources at the hospital told the Nation that Mr Kamangu was admitted there at 4.25 p.m. on referral from Kiambu District Hospital.

They could not be named because no family member had been to the hospital to confirm his death.

He was taken to the hospital by his wife, Beatrice Mbaire, and was said to have been suffering from stomach pains at the time of his admission at Ward 8C where he died about nine hours later at 1.15 a.m.

Mr Kamangu rose to the limelight last year when he sought in court to prevent Bishop Margaret Wanjiru from wedding a South African cleric, Samuel Matjeke.

Kamangu had claimed to have married Ms Wanjiru in 1978 under the Kikuyu customary law. He said he had lived with Bishop Wanjiru in Gachie until 1989. Bishop Wanjiru is now the MP for Starehe and assistant minister for housing

Mr Kamangu was 58 at the time of death


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