Veteran journalist Eddy Fondo is dead

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Veteran Kenya Broadcasting Co-operation (KBC) broadcaster Eddy Fondo, 65, is dead.

Mr Fondo passed on at Kilifi County Hospital. Family members said the journalist died on arrival at the hospital on Monday morning where he had been referred for medical care.

A family member, Nelson Gona, said Fondo was first admitted to Mariakani Sub-County Hospital on Monday night where he was diagnosed with perforated gut.

"Eddy complained of stomach complications which doctors suspected to be perforated gut," he said.