Former President Mwai Kibaki's elder brother has died.
Mr Bernard Nderitu died at 11am on Madaraka Day at his home in Iriani, Othaya, Nyeri County.
According to his wife, Martha Njeri, the only person in the house at the time of his death, they had just taken breakfast when he excused himself to go to the bathroom but suddenly collapsed near the door.
"I heard a loud bang as if something had fallen. I rushed to the bathroom and found him on the floor,” she told Nation.co.ke on Tuesday.
The 88-year-old man was admitted to a Nairobi hospital in January and was treated for two weeks for pneumonia and put on medication.
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