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Nairobi Half-Life actor Maina Olwenya was laid to rest on Saturday 16th July 2022 at his grandparent’s home in Gacharaigu Kangema Murang’a County.
Maina who was popular for his role in the Nairobi Half-life reality show is reported to have collapsed on July 4th, 2022 and he was reported to the hospital, he was pronounced dead.
Days after the death of the Kenyan talented actor Maina Olwenya, his family released a statement saying that he died of a condition known as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
“In simple terms, there was reduced blood supply to the heart due to a heart disease that might have resulted in heart failure.“ the report said.
The family said that before he died, he was in the company of Ray, they had actually come back from taking an evening walk and they looked very jovial.
“Mbaba had just come from an early promenade in the Company of Ray, they were very jovial and he was literally holding Ray’s hand and singing and humming some old Catholic tunes. (Those of us who reminisce well will vividly recall that he was an Alter Boy at St Joseph Catholic Church and was headed to being a Priest,” reads the statement.
Shortly afterward just after going up the stairs, while Ray was opening the door, Olwenya was about 2M away from her, he fell down and collapsed on the corridor. Some neighbors quickly tried to resuscitate him before taking him to hospital and on the way over beloved brother and friend succumbed to his death. God rest His soul.”
