Thursday, May 27, 2010

KANGWANA BURIED

Veteran broadcaster and former Kenya Broadcasting Corporation's (KBC) board of directors chairman James Kangwana was Thursday laid to rest at the Langata cemetry, Nairobi.

Kangwana died on Tuesday last week at the Lang'ata hospital in Nairobi.

At the All Saints Cathedral where the requiem, Permanent Secretary in the ministry of information Bitange Ndemo delivered the President's condolences to the bereaved family describing the late Kangwana as a hero in the media industry.

Kangwana's former colleagues in the industry also extolled his decorated journalism career.

The veteran broadcaster started his career at the British Broadcasting Corporation-BBC London in the early 1960s.

He later served as the director of broadcasting at the then Voice of Kenya (currently KBC) between 1971 and 1980 before becoming the chairman of the board.

He was also a director at the ministry of Culture and Social Services between 1980 and 1982 and the director of Communications of the All Africa Conference of Churches until 1986.

He is survived by his wife, three children and four grandchildren.

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