Yvonne Wamalwa, the pretty girl who loved Kijana

Yvonne and her daughter Chichi

 

• Yvonne passed away after battling cancer for the past seven months
• She wedded Wamalwa in 2003, six months before his death

Former Vice President Michael Wamalwa Kijana’s widow Yvonne Wamalwa succumbed to cancer yesterday, bring to an end the fairy tale love affair between the youthful hotel management and tourism graduate and the much older erudite and flamboyant politician who loved the fine things in life.

Yvonne, who has been ailing for the past seven months, recently moved to Nanyuki to stay with her sister Stephanie following prolonged treatment in India and at a Nairobi hospital. Yvonne died at her sister’s home in Nanyuki on January 25. Her remains were airlifted to Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.