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Sad! Papa Shirandula’s wife narrates his last moments before breathing his last (Video)

Posted on by Gloria Katunge

As we continue to pay tribute to Sir Charles Bukeko, as we continue to honor his legacy, only his widow, Beatrice Andega Afwai lives to tell what actually transpired before and during the fateful day.

Up and close on Churchill Television, the humble mother of 3 vividly recounted the turn of events that saw Papa lose his battle in this life.

Turns out, the last 2/3 weeks Papa was actually working day and night in Karen, Nairobi in collaboration with Safaricom, without going home.

Celebrated thespian, Papa Shirandula

He then made it home on Saturday but he was not feeling well a day later.

Come Sunday he says “I’m feeling cold, I’m worried”. But then I told him, if it’s cold, he has been in Karen and it’s so cold there.

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So Beatrice advised her husband to have tests done on him to establish the root cause of his illness.

But my first point was, can you go for a test and make sure those tests are three; Pneumonia, Malaria and Covid-19. Covid because he has been mingling with a lot of people then the other two because it has been too cold and the symptoms are similar.

The late Papa Shirandula (center) with best friend, Njoro and Willis Raburu

Sad goodbyes

Monday, tests were conducted, Tuesday Papa speculated that the three tests had been done only for one test to come back from hospital on Wednesday – that of Covid.

Charles Bukeko alias Papa Shirandula

Unfortunately, unknown to his wife and children, his days on earth had lapsed.

From that time on, he took us out of the room and told us to ensure we don’t get close to him and we wear masks. But Friday, I noticed he was having trouble breathing and asked to rush him to the hospital. I just don’t know how fast the weakness got into him…

Karen Hospital’s cryptic response to negligence claims over Papa Shirandula’s death leaves Kenyans in shock

Posted on by Gloria Katunge

Following Papa Shirandula’s untimely death, Karen hospital was put on the spot by his widow, Beatrice Andega over negligence of the comedian’s critical condition that eventually led to his demise.

Soon after, Kenyans took to Twitter to blast the Nairobi-based hospital painting it in all sorts of dark images before it was forced to respond to the same.

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Response

In a statement as seen by Ghafla, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mrs Juliet W. Nyaga first slammed media houses for ignorance and failing to validate claims with the hospital, regards the tragic occurrence.

We are greatly aggrieved by this action as The Karen Hospital is specialised hospital licensed and certified by The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.

The Karen Hospital

Seemingly bashing claims of negligence, labeling itself as a hospital that maintains its high quality of service to the Kenyan people and especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Karen Hospital carries all its operations with the utmost duty to care for our patients.

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The statement further divulged that necessary procedures that might have delayed Papa’s admission on that fateful day, has been the hospital’s routine and therefore, had to be observed.

It’s imperative to note that The Karen Hospital has robust hospital policy guidelines dealing with any patient/next of kin matters.

Karen Hospital’s press statement

However, the statement closed off, asking the media to verify their facts before disseminating any sorts of claims regards the city hospital to the Kenyan public.

Addressed?

Unfortunately, it concluded at that, failing to address whether or not Papa would have been saved, were they more careful in their examination and considerate at his hour of need.

Celebrated thespian, Papa Shirandula

The hospital seemingly neither denied nor confirmed the claims, instead distancing themselves from the fatal incident.

May Papa’s soul find eternal peace!

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This is not the first time the hospital has been implicated in controversial claims, having previously been held responsible of renowned author Ken Walibora’s demise.