The late Laikipia Senator Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki has been
mourned as a seasoned politician and a firm believer of family, education and
religion.
During his funeral service at St Andrews Church Nairobi,
members of his family said the late Senator was sensitive to the plight of
individuals who crossed his path or made his acquaintance.
His son Robert Kariuki said GG as he was famously known, the
national patron of the National Taekwondo Association invested in education
because he had a difficult upbringing which made him drop out of school.
"After failing to continue his education due to lack of
fees he was hired as a pig attendant but fired for agitating but did not give
up, my father is the oldest Doctorate candidate to graduate from the University
of Nairobi at the age of 78," he said.
The late politician's completed his PhD studies at the
university's Institute of Diplomacy & International Studies this year.
He also had a Diploma in National Security from the Centre
for Strategic Studies in Galilee, Israel.
GG, died on Thursday night at the Nairobi hospital aged 78.
The politician served the public under all the four
presidents Kenya has said.
He was a minister in the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi
regimes and the only MP in Kenya who served in the first Parliament.
The politician was first elected to Parliament in May 1963
and served uninterruptedly for 20 years before losing in the 1983 snap
elections.
He will be buried in his Rumuruti home, Laikipia County on
Friday.
Some of the government officials who attended the service
include Laikipia governor, Youth CS Sicily Kariuki and Jane Kiano, wife to late
minister Dr Julius Gikonyo Kiano.
