MAY GOD SEE YOU IN THE AFTERLIFE SAFE AND SOUND

Words are barely enough to quantify
The magitude of sorrow inflicted by the fallen lights of a glittering life.

We knew no better comedy than you Mr Ojwang'
And we knew not of our happy times until you left our screens.

For our shortcomings and negligence, please forgive us.
Pardon the shortfall of our amnesiac memories but please take this epitaph as a deep appreciation of your incomparable humour and longevity.

Where you have set foot,
Whatever trail you have blazed,
The glitter that you have left flickering behind you,
Will forever be etched in the fond folds of our memories.

From now henceforth,twelfth of July will forever hold a reminder to us and posterity,
A reminder that in a country marred by juvenile political atmosphere and a morass of corruption,there once walked a man of integrity.

A great man to whom humour was a calling,acting a definition of.

A day that will forever remind us of when you went, hereafter, to explore the unknown lands of the afterlife.

To a father
To a husband
To a breadwinner
A provider
To a brother
A friend
To a patriot
A leader
To a legend
An Icon
To an actor
A humourist
To a national phenomenon
A collosus

Until we meet again, Mzee Benson Wanjau, rest in peace.

 1937-2015
(78 years old)

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