Information and Communication Technology Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has mourned the Star Newspaper reporter Dickens Wasonga who died following a tragic on the Kisumu-Kakamega road on Friday.
Owalo said he was deeply saddened to learn the untimely passing of Wasonga, the chairperson of the Kisumu Journalists Network (KJN), in a car accident in Kisumu.
“I had communicated with Wasonga just last night at 7:30 pm,” he said. He was the Kisumu Journalists Network chairperson having been elected last year.
Owalo described Wasonga as a dedicated team player, who demonstrated exceptional integrity and professionalism in his work.
“My heartfelt condolences go out to the family, friends, and the entire journalism fraternity mourning the loss of Wasonga,” he said.
Owalo, who visited and viewed the body of the deceased at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital private morgue wing, termed the passing on of Wasonga a big loss to the media fraternity.
The CS urged media fraternity and friends to stand with the family as they prepare to give Wasonga a befitting send-off.
Media Council of Kenya Chief executive officer David Omwoyo also send message of condolences to the family.
He described Wasonga as a straight forward and dedicated journalist who undertook his work delignetly.
Kisumu City manager Abala Wanga said he was saddened by the death of Wasonga whom he said was his personal friend.
He was always a committed and dedicated journalist. “We have been close friends and even spoke last night with him,” Abala said
The CM send messages of condolences to the family of Wasonga and journalists across the country.
“He was one of the best writers in the region,” Abala added.
