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FRONT ROW: Lawyer Samuel Ritho (left), his late wife Gladys Ritho and their son Geoffrey. BACK ROW: Son Michael and daughters Margaret (centre) and Jane. [PHOTO: COURTESY]
By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA
Kenya: On the morning of February 22, a group of men went to the Mater Hospital Mortuary. The men said that they had come to collect the body of Gladys Luhanga Ritho, a 70-year-old retired teacher and billionaire.
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