Popular Kikuyu Musician Muriithi John Walker is dead.
The ‘Nyau Iriaga Mbia’ crooner Muriithi John Walker passed on after a short illness.
Offering condolences to his family, Samidoh wrote;
‘MURIITHI JOHN WALKER, YOU ARE A LEGEND WHO MADE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT YOU WILL LIVE ON THROUGH YOUR MUSIC, UHIKI WI MURIO, NYAU IRIAGA MBIA AND NJOHI NA AHIKI, AMONG MANY OTHERS. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITHIN US, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. RIP MJW.’
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Jose Gatutura, alias ‘Machete’ wrote;
“MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MURIITHI JOHN WALKER. MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE.”
Celebrating the late artist in touching posts, fans mourned the Uhiki wi Murio songbird as among the greatest of his generation and a genius composer whose legacy will live on.
His death comes a month after Mugiithi musician Timothy Njuguna, also known as ‘Mighty Salim’, succumbed to kidney failure after years of battling diabetes.
May his soul rest in peace.
