Ex-minister Dr Njoroge Mungai dies in hospital
Dr Njoroge Mungai at his home in Kikuyu, Kiambu, in 2008. "Dr Mungai was an opinionated man. He belonged to a generation of courageous men who became the founders of modern Kenya," writes Peter Thatiah. Dr Mungai died aged 88. FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Family sources confirmed that Dr Mungai died on August 16 2014.
- He was the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's personal physician.
- Dr Mungai served in the Foreign and Defence ministries in the late Mzee Kenyatta’s government.
- He was an alumnus of Stanford University where he studied medicine.
Former cabinet minister Dr Njoroge Mungai has died at Nairobi Hospital where he had been receiving treatment.
Family sources confirmed that Dr Mungai, who was the late President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s personal physician died on August 16 2014.
“We as a family deeply regret to announce the death of Dr Magana Njoroge Mungai, former MP and Cabinet Minister today, August 16, 2014,” said the statement issued on behalf of the family by his daughter Ms Nyakio Mungai.
Dr Mungai served in the Foreign and Defence ministries in the late Mzee Kenyatta’s government.
May 22, 1973: Dr Njoroge Mungai (right), the Foreign Affairs Minister, receives a Rwanda delegation led by the Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Transport, Mr Augustin Kamosa.
He was also instrumental in the implementation of Kenya’s first constitution after independence in 1963.
Dr Mungai was born in 1926.
He studied at Alliance High School in Kiambu and later went to Fort Hare University.
He was also an alumnus of Stanford University, USA, where he studied medicine.
In September 2008, Dr Mungai came out to deny claims by an aide of former President Moi, Lee Njiru that President Kenyatta died of neglect. He maintained that Mzee Kenyatta died of old age.
