7th February, 2018
Kenyans have woken up to a most intriguing death announcement in the Daily Nation. On page 49 of its obituary section is a death and funeral announcement of one james richard wanjagi. It is however not lost to observation that Richard Wanjagi’s picture is a slightly tweaked one of jimi Wanjigi, the nasa backer whose passport the state withdrew yesterday. A closer look at the advert exposes the advert as a below-the-belt prank. James richard wanjagi is a slight variation of Jimi Richard Wanjigi. The advertiser says Wanjagi died in a failed robbery attempt at his Karen home. James Maina Wanjigi is Jimmy Wanjigi’s father. Wanjagi’s wife is named as Irene. Irene is also Jimi Wanjigi’s wife and their children school le Rosey Switzerland, which is also mentioned in the curious advert. The advert talks of the employees of kwacha industries being given special thanks. The Wanjigi flagship family concern is called kwacha group of companies. Bizarrely, the burial was to happen on February 6, 2018 but the advert ran today.Daily Nation has since issued an apology saying quote '' “we refer to the publication of a death announcement of James Richard Wanjagi bearing the picture of Mr Jimi Wanjigi that was erroneously published in the daily nation of February 7, 2018. We regret the pain and anguish this may have caused Mr Wanjigi and his family and sincerely apologise for this. Nation media group does not condone such publi