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- File image of Ken Walibora, author and former NTV Swahili anchor
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Veteran Swahili author and former NTV anchor Ken Walibora Waliaula Walibora passed away on Friday, April 10, after being involved in a tragic road accident on Landhies Road, Nairobi
NTV was first to report on Wednesday, April 15, with Citizen TV adding later on that Walibora’s body was found at Kenyatta National Hospital mortuary after he was knocked down.
The author has over 40 titles to his name. Among the most famous of these are Ndoto ya Amerika and Siku Njema. The latter was a secondary school set book between 1997 and 2003. Kidagaa Kimemwozea, another renowned book was also used as a set book in 2013.
Ken Walibora Waliaula was born on January 6, 1964, at his parents’ home in Baraki, Bungoma. His family moved to Kitale and later Cherangany with the Trans Nzoia region later on shaping up the idea for his book Siku Njema.
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