A Plea from the Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia Funeral Committee

CONTACTS:Wahinya Boore(Chairman)- 0789 386 349;John Maina Mwangi(Treasurer)- 0721 365 720;
Jeff Mwangi Kwirikiadied suddenly inDal Ullensaker, Norwayon January 31, 2012 after being knocked down by a hit and run car.

He is the father of musicianStella Nyambura Mwangi aka STLamong other children.

Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia was among 70 or so university students from the Nairobi and Kenyatta campuses arrested by the Moi-KANU regime in the wake of the abortive coup organized by junior members of the defunct Kenya Air Force on August 1, 1982.
At the time of his arrest Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia was a third year student at Kenyatta University.

Jeff and his fellow students were warehoused for months at the filthy and overcrowded Nairobi Remand Home in August 1982 for several months. He was to be later jailed in March 1983 for six years along withEphantus Kinyua, Thomas Mutuse, Francis Ongele Pala and Wahinya Boore.They were taken to the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison where they found the lateTitus Adungosi, Oginga Ogego(who was to later serve as Kenya's ambassador to the United States) well known historianMaina wa Kinyatti, Onyango Oloo, current UASU Secretary GeneralDr. Muga K'Olale, Omondi K'Abir, Opondo Kakendoamong other political prisoners to be joined later by activists likeOdenda Lumumba, Adongo Ogony, the late Karimi Nduthu, Kangethe Mungai, Mwandawiro Mghanga, Oduor Ongwen, Wafula Bukeand dozens of others.

He left prison in 1986, having served his sentence with remission. In 1991 he was forced to seek political asylum in Oslo, Norway where he lived until his untimely demise. Among the other Kenyan exiles in Norway wereKoigi wa Wamwere, Omondi K’Abirand briefly, theRt. Hon. Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga.

Over the years, Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia worked as a tireless human rights campaigner with such bodies likeAmnesty InternationalandHuman Rights Watch.

The Kenyan community in Norway has worked very hard to assist his family with funeral arrangements including transporting his body back to his rural ancestral home inMaragua, Muranga County. The body is scheduled to arrive at theJomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi at0700 HoursEast African Time onMonday, February 13, 2012where it will be received by Jeff’s comrades, friends and relatives with patriotic songs, dancing and ululations befitting a true patriot.

In meantime relatives, comrades and friends of Jeff are meeting on a daily basis at theAll Saints Cathedralin Nairobi and at his parents’ homestead to raise funds and finalize the ultimate homecoming of the fallen patriot.

We, the members of theJeff Mwangi Kwirikia Funeral Committeeare appealing to you, your friends and networks to assist us in whichever way you can to raise funds and other material resources to enable us to meet our goal in providing a decent and dignified send off for our departed comrade.

You can send your donations directly to an account specifically set up for this purpose at the Harambee Avenue Branch ofEquity Bank. The account name isJeff Mwangi Kwirikia Funeraland the number is0240198805092. You can also remit your contribution viaM-PESAmoney transfer through telephone number0721 365 720or through Airtel Money at0789386349.

Yours Faithfully:

The Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia Funeral Committee:

Wahinya Boore (Chairman);
Melissa Atieno Awero (Secretary);
John Maina Mwangi (Treasurer);
Onyango Oloo (Communications);
Maina Chege (Member).

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