Late Kikuyu musician Kamaru’s wife dies, four months after his death

Wife to late Kikuyu musician Joseph Kamaru wa Wanjiru has died, four months after his death.

Susan Wangari Kamaru, 78, died a week ago after battling with high blood pressure among other ailments in her daughter’s home in Rongai, Nairobi.

Wangari was staying at Kamaru’s home in Watuha village in Kangema in Murang’a, where the family is preparing to bury her on Friday.

Her sons Boniface Maina and Stephen Macharia said burial preparations have been finalized.

 Maina said his mother had been ailing and the family had spent a fortune to support her medication, despite the dwindling resources.

“She died on Saturday at around 10 pm, when she visited my sister in Rongai. Our mother has been ailing for three years and had been treated in various hospitals,” said Maina.

Wangari was last seen in public during her husband’s burial in Heho village, Kigumo sub county which was attended by dignitaries among them President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Leader Raila Odinga.