The Legendary Broadcast Journalist, Leonard Mambo Mbotela, has been eulogised as a disciplinarian and a virtuous person by his family in Mombasa.
The late renowned journalist was catapulted to stardom during the 1982 coup attempt and was a household name in the country because of his 'Je, huu ni ungwana' programme.
Donald Mbotela, a younger brother of the late broadcaster, says they knew their brother had been indisposed for the last two weeks and had been admitted to the Nairobi South Hospital.
He disclosed that when his condition improved, he returned to Mombasa after nursing him for days, but yesterday, his condition deteriorated, and he passed away Friday morning. "We were shocked; we didn't expect it.