It is with deep sorrow that I have learnt of the passing of Dr. Job Obwaka, a renowned Obstetrician-Gynaecologist and Board Director at the Nairobi Hospital.
To the family of Dr. Obwaka, I extend my heartfelt condolences at this difficult moment.
I join you in mourning a man of great resolve, a just and principled son of our motherland, and an intellectual par excellence who devoted his life to saving human life and standing for truth.
Dr. Obwaka will be remembered strongly not only for his professional excellence, but also for his courage in moments that demanded integrity and courage.
He chose conviction and truth over convenience, and in doing so, affirmed the enduring value of moral leadership and integrity we so deserve as a country.
His passing away reminds us, as a nation, of the legacy of those who stood firm in pursuit of justice and the common good.
Dr. Obwaka will be remembered for leading his colleagues in resisting the hostile take-over of the Nairobi Hospital by the country’s chief grabber leading to his arrest and incarceration in police custody for days despite his plea that he was having health challenges and advanced age.
He left police custody a broken man but stoic that there are Kenyans who cannot succumb to intimidation and police harassment.
Though traumatized by the police brutality, he lived a few weeks to narrate his ordeal at the instigation of heartless and cruel grabbers of public and private property.
May the Almighty God grant his family peace and comfort, and strengthen his colleagues in the medical profession during this difficult time.
May the soul of Dr. Obwaka rest in eternal peace, and may perpetual light shine upon him forever.
