Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Star columnist Jerry Okungu passes on after battle with cancer

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY EUGENE OKUMU
GONE TOO SOON: Jerry Okungu.
GONE TOO SOON: Jerry Okungu.
Veteran journalist and Star columnist Jerry Okungu has passed away after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer at the MP Shah hospital in Nairobi today. He was 61.
Okungu was diagnosed with the condition in 2011; he had through a series of articles in the Star newspaper. made public his condition as well as a campaign to promote awareness and treatment among men.
The articles he wrote on his condition are I Have Advanced Prostate Cancer and Life Is An Uphill Task As a Cancer Patient.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-151618/star-columnist-jerry-okungu-passes-after-battle-cancer#sthash.4clQfxxb.dpuf

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