{"id":4895,"date":"2022-01-02T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:43:32","slug":"kenyas-flamboyant-independence-day-attorney-general-charles-njonjo-creamated-3-hours-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kenyas-flamboyant-independence-day-attorney-general-charles-njonjo-creamated-3-hours-after-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA’S FLAMBOYANT INDEPENDENCE DAY ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARLES NJONJO CREAMATED 3 HOURS AFTER HIS DEATH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sir Charles Mugane Njonjo who died this morning aged 101 has been cremated just three hours after his death in line with his wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family sources said the body of Njonjo was cremated at the Kariokor cemetery in Nairobi. Njonjo, popularly known as the Duke of Kabeteshire or Sir Charles for his love for a white man’s lifestyle ,passed away peacefully at 5am on Sunday, according to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carey Ngini, a son in law to Njonjo said, \u201cCharles Njonjo was very clear in his instructions that he be cremated immediately after his death; he didn\u2019t want funeral-related fanfare. He wanted to be cremated almost immediately after death. So we have fulfilled his wish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Njonjo was the only surviving member of the independence Cabinet of founding President Jomo Kenyatta. In January 2020 when he turned 100 years he visited Uganda to track mountain gorillas .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sir Njonjo when in turned 100 in January 2020 he visited Uganda to track mountain <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In his message of condolence to the family, President Uhuru Kenyatta described him as a \u201cselfless leader\u201d who contributed immensely to Kenya\u2019s independence, helping to shape its destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe passing away of Hon. Njonjo is a big blow not only to his immediate family, friends and relatives but to all Kenyans and indeed, the entire African continent because of his leading role in the founding of the Kenyan nation at independence,\u201d President Kenyatta said in a dispatch from State House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Njonjo, who hails from Kabete in the outskirts of the capital Nairobi, was known for his English mannerisms and eloquence entrenched in Britain where he undertook studies and lived for some time before coming back to Kenya and subsequently taking up the AG\u2019s job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a nation, the president said \u201cwe owe a debt of gratitude to Hon. Njonjo and his generation of independence era leaders for their selfless contribution to the laying of the solid foundation upon which our country continues to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Kenya\u2019s progressive constitutional and legal regime owes its robustness to Njonjo\u2019s splendid work when he served as the country\u2019s first post-independence Attorney General between 1963 and 1979, and as Constitutional Affairs Minister between 1980 and 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Njonjo was a close confidant to Jomo, who at some point, implored on him to marry at 52, when he felt uncomfortable getting legal advice from a bachelor, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First reported by Capital News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sir Charles Mugane Njonjo who died this morning aged 101 has been cremated just three hours after his death in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eac-regional-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/njonjioo.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6727,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/king-charles-at-work-see-newly-image-released-of-monarch-with-his-official-red-box\/","url_meta":{"origin":4895,"position":0},"title":"King Charles at Work! 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