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Briton who built health centres in Western Kenya dies a pauper

Barry Leonard at his home in Malava, Kakamega County. [Chrispen Sechere, Standard]

A British-born man who has been living in abject poverty in Kakamega County has succumbed to cancer of the ear after a long period of sickness.

Barry Leonard, died at his humble home in Malava, Kakamega North sub-county at the age of 80 after battling the disease that had rendered him immobile for months.

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