Kenya’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Chris Karumba Mburu, is dead.
Mburu,
a former director at the National Intelligence Service (NIS), collapsed
and died at his residence in the capital Juba on Sunday, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs says.
In his condolence message,
President Uhuru Kenyatta described the late Mburu as a distinguished
career public servant and a great Kenyan diplomat who was committed to
building strong bilateral ties between Nairobi and Juba.
“Death has
robbed us of a great public servant who served his country with
distinction. Since his appointment as our envoy to Juba, Ambassador
Mburu has worked hard to ensure free flow of trade and investment
between Kenya and South Sudan,” the President wrote.
The official cause of death had not been established by the time of filing this story.
He was nominated to the post by President Kenyatta in July 2018 in changes that were made to the diplomatic service.
He
was appointed to the post at the same time as former Salaries and
Remunerations Commission chairperson Sarah Serem (China) and former
State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu (UK).
In his
message to the family, the President eulogised Mburu as a shining star
and prayed for strength and fortitude for his family to bear with the
loss.
“Kenya has lost a brilliant public servant whose star was shining bright and whose service shall be dearly missed.”
“I deeply sympathise with each one of you as you mourn and pray that God will give you the grace to accept his will.”
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