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Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore has passed on.
According to a statement by Telco giant Safaricom, Collymore passed away at his Nairobi home on the morning of 1st July 2019.
He had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and went to the UK to receive treatment. He resumed his duties at Safaricom in July 2018.
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Despite his contract set to end in August 2019, but was extended for another 12 months till 2020.
He leaves behind a wife Wambui Kamiru and four children.
President Uhuru Kenyatta led Kenyans in mourning Collymore:
"It is with deep sadness that I have this morning received news of the death of Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore after years of battling cancer. As a country, we've lost a distinguished corporate leader whose contribution to our national wellbeing will be missed" ~ H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) July 1, 2019
“I am deeply saddened by the death of Safaricom CEO Robert Collymore this morning.
“Collymore, a corporate leader par excellence had profound impact on the lives of Kenyans by the revolutionary and innovations in the telecommunications sector as he steered Safaricom.
“And even as the company remained the most profitable, breaking new grounds in innovation that changed the lives of her clients, Bob remained simple and focused.
“I wish to express my deepest sympathy and that of my family, to his family, friends and employees of Safaricom during this moment of grief,” Senator Gideon Moi stated.
