{"id":7661,"date":"2026-07-06T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:24:10","slug":"tmg-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/tmg-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Journalist Muliro Telewa Dies at 68, Kenya Mourns a Champion of Press Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">BY ALLAN BRADLEY<\/mark><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000192154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000192154.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000192154-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000192154-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000192154-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renowned journalist Muliro Telewa has died at 68 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nakuru, ending a media career that shaped Kenya\u2019s democratic journey.According to his family, Telewa had been battling kidney failure for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The condition was under control, but his health suddenly worsened leading to his death.Telewa was one of the journalists who covered Kenya\u2019s Second Liberation in the 1990s \u2014 a turbulent period of pro-democracy protests and calls for multiparty politics. 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