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Dedan Kimathi widow released after President Ruto settles her hospital bill

Mukami Kimathi

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua talking to Mukami Kimathi, wife to the late freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi at her hospital ward during a previous admission. 

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi’s widow Mukami was e released from a Nairobi hospital on Sunday evening after President William Ruto cleared her Sh1.3 million hospital bill.

Ms Mukami who had been admitted at the hospital since January 5, with pneumonia symptoms and age-related challenges, had been treated and discharged on Thursday last week but detained by the hospital over a pending medical bill.