Emmanuel Mwashumbe is one of Kenya’s most recognisable voices on radio. Every morning, thousands of Kenyans tune into Radio 47 to hear him. On Thursday morning, the voice they heard was different — quieter, heavier, carrying the kind of pain that no microphone can hide.
Mwashumbe announced live that his brother, David Nganga, had died at his home in Kasarani. He had learned about it the hard way — through a phone call from his sister early in the morning, while the rest of Nairobi was still asleep.
His sister told him she had heard that their relative Daudi Nganga had died at his home. Mwashumbe did not wait. He got up, got in his car and drove to Kasarani to see for himself. When he arrived, the worst had already been confirmed. Nganga’s body had been removed from the scene and placed inside a police Land Cruiser. It was later taken to Kasarani Police Station before being transferred to the mortuary at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital.
Standing at the scene that morning, Mwashumbe spoke with the quiet devastation of a man still trying to process what his eyes were telling him. “My brother’s body had already been taken and was inside a police Land Cruiser,” he said. “Right now, there are many questions running through our minds as a family.”
Back on air, he told his listeners what had happened. He described Nganga as a person who was loved by many — a family man, a trusted friend, someone whose absence leaves a gap that words struggle to fill. “It is a very sad morning for our family. It is deeply painful,” he said.
David Nganga was not just Mwashumbe’s brother. He was also the long-serving bodyguard of Wundanyi MP Danson Mwashako, a role he had held for close to eight years. Mwashako’s tribute on social media described a man of extraordinary loyalty and quiet strength — someone who knew his principal’s world inside out and never once failed in his duty.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out to determine the full circumstances of Nganga’s death. The family is waiting for answers, and so is everyone who knew him.
For Mwashumbe, Thursday was not a normal morning on air. It was the morning he told Kenya that his brother was gone.
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