The George Obor Committee that was tasked with raising funds for the transportation of his body to Kenya will be dissolved on Saturday, 19th May at Obor’s residence in Stockholm. It is routine in Stockholm for such Committees to be dissolved once their mission is accomplished. The Obor committee raised 40.000kr overnight to help transport Obor’s body to Kenya.
During the dissolution, Monica, Obor’s widow, is expected to brief the Committee about the funeral in Kenya while any pending issues are also expected to be tackled at the meeting.
So far, there are no controversial issues on the agenda and the meeting is expected to run smoothly. According to information obtained by KSB, Rose Adero, a Kenyan lady who lives in Uppsala and who attended the Obor harambee in Stockholm, will attend the meeting as an observer because she is not a Committee member. Rose also attended Obor’s memorial service that was held in Stockholm two days before the body was transported to Kenya. Rose has been very supportive to many Kenyans in times of both happiness and sorrow. She is well known for her generosity, hospitality and patience especially in times of crisis.
According to Jared Odero, the Chairperson of the Obor Committee, the dissolution meeting will conclude the mandate of the Committee and anybody with any issue is kindly requested to contact the Chairperson who will then be obliged to raise the issues brought before him at the dissolution meeting.
The late Obor died in March following diagnosis that he was suffering from pancreatic and liver cancer. His death shocked many Kenyans because he was not known to ail from any lethal disease. He first went to hospital on 24th December last year after which he was operated on.
After a few days, medical tests showed that Obor was suffering from pancreatic and liver cancer although, according to doctors, he could not be treated because the cancer was at an advanced stage of development. Obor passed away at Stockholm’s Sjukhem where he had been admitted for TLC (Tender Loving Care) following conclusions by Swedish doctors that he had only days to live.
Okoth Osewe
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