PTE: It killed IEBC RO Geoffrey Gitobu, Serena Williams almost succumbed to it

The late Geoffrey Gitobu. He died of a blood clot in his pulmonary system.. [File, Standard]

As IEBC Returning Officer, Geoffrey Gitobu, was buried in Meru County, his sudden death shocked Kenyans following the heated conclusion of the August 2022 elections.

According to an autopsy conducted by three pathologists Dr Simon Amok, Dr Ayub Macharia and Dr Harrison Kiambati at a Nanyuki morgue, Gitobu died of a blood clot in his pulmonary system. Or Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE) that has 95 per cent mortality rate.