Veteran broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela is dead
Veteran media personality Leonard Mambo Mbotela has died aged 85.
His daughter-in-law Anne Mbotela confirmed to the Star his death.
The veteran journalist had been unwell for some time and he breathed his last at around 9:30 am on Friday.
"It is true my father-in-law has passed on," Anne told the Star.
Mbotela was married to Alice Mwikali who together had three children: Aida Mbotela, Jimmy Mbotela and George Mbotela.
The legendary journalist was famed for his popular radio and TV programme dubbed Jee Huuu ni Ungwana which aired on KBC radio and TV.
The programme was created in 1966 and it enjoyed coverage for about 55 years.
The veteran journalist was born in Freetown, Mombasa in 1940 to James and Aida Mbotela. He was the firstborn in a family of eight children.
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