{"id":482,"date":"2026-09-28T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:44:06","slug":"martha-karua-mourns-the-death-of-her-father-mwalimu-karua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Martha Karua mourns the death of her father mwalimu Karua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People\u2019s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua is mourning the death of her father, Mwalimu Jackson Karua, who passed away at his home in Kirinyaga County on Sunday.Karua announced her father\u2019s death in a statement, saying she had visited him at his home together with her siblings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family spent time together and sang his favourite gospel hymn before Karua travelled back to Nairobi. She later received news that her father had died.Karua described her father as a teacher, a principled man and a strong supporter of her ambitions throughout her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> She said he encouraged her from her school days through her legal career and public life.\u201cHe remained one of my strongest supporters, always proud, always encouraging, and always in my corner,\u201d Karua said in her tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several national leaders have since sent messages of condolence to the Karua family. President William Ruto, former President Uhuru Kenyatta, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Chief Justice David Maraga were among those who mourned Mwalimu Karua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790617442609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790617442609.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790617442609-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> From left Eugene Wamalwa, wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka,PLP party leader Martha Karua and  MP Ndindi Nyoro at Karua&#8217;s home during the arrangements of her late father&#8217;s funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ruto described the late teacher as a man who devoted his life to teaching and service, while other leaders highlighted his role in shaping h,is family and the wider community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karua said her father\u2019s lessons on character, education and doing what is right would remain part of his legacy. She also acknowledged the difficulty of losing someone who had been part of her life from childhood.The family is expected to announce further funeral and burial arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People\u2019s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua is mourning the death of her father, Mwalimu Jackson Karua, who passed away&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}