The death of Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua leaves flamboyant lawyer Donald Kipkorir meditating about wealth and power
Nyeri Governor passed on while receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer at Royal Marsden Hospital in London hospital where he had been taken for specialized treatment.
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Nderitu’s deputy, Samuel Wamathai has already been sworn in as the new governor of Nyeri even before the deceased is laid to rest.
Nderitu’s death and Wamathai’s hurried inauguration has left rich lawyer Donald Kipkorir meditating about wealth and power.
He has written down important lessons he has learnt about Nderitu’s death;
“Last week, H.E Gachagua died in London. His body is still there. But already, Nyeri has a new Governor and his official cars taken away. His widow attended the swearing in of the new Governor. Basically, Nyeri has moved on. The death of Gachagua and moving on of Nyeri is a teaching lesson for us during this Lenten period. Life is all but transient and temporary. It doesn’t matter how much wealth we have amassed or power we have acquired. When we die, our wealth and power separate from us,” Kipkorir wrote in part on Wednesday 1st March.
“What is important is the lives we have touched, the lives we have changed, the lives we have promoted. It is the testimony of those we leave behind that live on. And the prayers of the strangers we meet on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho that we assist without revealing our identity. And we let History books to record our contribution. We work hard, make money, have fun and enjoy life, but also do charity. But charity is private. And we will have haters who try to pull us down to their level. We will ignore them.”
