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Karanja: Diplomat who became VP but lost favour and quit

Portrait of former vice president Dr Josephat Karanja. [File, Standard]

The doctors had spelt out their grim predictions. But after many hours, his prayers were answered.

His wife Beatrice Nyindombi would live. So too would the little bundle that had triggered all the panic. And for her trouble, she would be named after her mother, Beatrice.

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