Popular actor Gibson Gathu Mbugua, famously known from the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) court comedy series Vioja Mahakamani is dead.
He passed on while undergoing treatment at Mediheal Hospital in Nairobi.
The actor had been ailing from diabetes for more than 20 years and suffered kidney failure in November 2020.
Early this year, his family appealed to Kenyans for financial help to undergo a kidney transplant procedure.
“Gibson has been managing diabetes for over 20 years now, but sometime in November 2020 his kidneys failed hence he has been going for dialysis twice a week. The good news is that he has a donor and the purpose of this is to help him raise medical funds estimated to be between 5-6 million for a kidney transplant scheduled for July 2022 at the Mediheal Hospital, Eldoret. The said amount is inclusive of post-surgery treatment for the recipient,” the appeal read at the time.
A major fundraiser was held in June 2022, where former President Uhuru Kenyatta contributed Sh2 million towards settling the hospital bill.
In August 2022, Gathu updated his fans that the Kidney transplant was successful and he had since been discharged.
“I have been in hospital since July 18, 2022, and I was discharged on August 3, 2022. I feel so good,” the deceased said.
