The MP collapsed Wednesday morning while in the bathroom at his Runda residence in Nairobi, according to Gatanga MP Humprey Kimani who addressed journalists outside Lee Funeral home.
The MP was then rushed to Nairobi Hospital branch near UN headquarters and died while doctors were attempting to resuscitate him, he said.
The body is now lying at the Lee Funeral home.
The Gatanga MP said the death of his colleague remained a mystery since Mr Nyumu was in good heath on Tuesday and was a regular gym enthusiast.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is a former area MP, sent his condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased.
In a statement, President Kenyatta gave a tribute to Mr Ngugi as “a successful businessman, political leader and a good manager.”
“It is precisely because of these attributes that he succeeded me as MP for Gatundu South,” he said.
Several MPs were headed to the late MP’s Runda home Wednesday morning.
Source-nation.co.ke
About Gatundu South
Gatundu South is an electoral constituency in Kiambu County, Kenya and the seat of the District Officer in Gatundu Town. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County.
The constituency has four wards, Kiamwangi, Kiganjo, Ndarugo and Ng’enda all of them are within Kiambu County council. The constituency was established before the 1997 General Elections.
Previously it was part of the larger Gatundu Constituency which was split into Gatundu South Constituency and Gatundu North Constituency it is ranked 182 out of 210 Constituencies in Kenya in size and 165 out of 210 in population size.
Two of Kenya’s Presidents are from Gatundu South Constituency: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya’s founding father and first President of The Republic of Kenya 1964-1978) and his son President Uhuru Kenyatta, 2013–Present.
The current Gatundu South MP is Gabriel (GG) Kagombe who succeeded Moses Kuria in the 2022 Kenya general elections.
Theta Dam
Theta Dam is in Gatundu South it’s located inside Kinale Forest, its being constructed across Theta River in Gatundu South constituency.
The project includes construction of a 17 meter high compacted earth fill dam, Construction of a reinforced concrete spillway and Laying of a 3.5 km long 500mm diameter steel pipeline up to the Mundoro forest edge.
On completion, Theta dam reservoir will have a storage capacity of 2 million cubic meters (2 Billion liters). This will enable production of 15,000 m3/day of water that will augment both the Ndarugu and Thiririka water projects reliability.
This will improve water supply to the upper parts of Gatundu such as Gachika, Kiamuoria, Kiganjo, Gatitu of greater Kiganjo location and upper parts of greater Ndarugu locations.
Source-https://en.wikipedia.org/
Gatundu South MP Joseph Ngugi Nyumu collapse and dies in Nairobi
