Alice Wairimu Kigondu

23/09/1936 – 25/01/2020

It is with humility and acceptance of God’s will that we announce the promotion to glory of Alice Wairimu Kigondu of Njiku-Muthurwa, Kiambaa, K iainbu County on the 25th January 2020 after a long illness bravely borne.

Loving wife of the Late Leonard Kigondu Wainaina. Mother of Rosemary Kigondu (formerly of Aga Khan Hospital), Peter Wainaina Kigondu (CBK), Lawrence Kigondu (UoN), Rev. Nellie Nyakanini Njoroge (CITAM), John Kigondu (Botswana) and Dr. Elizabeth Mumbi Kigondu-Mwinzi (KEMRI). Mother-in-law of Rosemary Wainaina, the Late Beatrice Mungai, Charles Njoroge, Mary Njoroge and Michael Mwinzi. She was the daughter of the Late Wallace Mungai and the Late Madeleine Nyakanini Mungai, daughter-in-law of the Late Peter Wainaina Gathigi and the Late Rosemary Wambui Wainaina. Sister of Douglas Kamau, Racheal Wanjiru Gichuru, David Kamau, the Late Margaret Njeri, Mary Wambui and Agnes Ngina. Grandmother, great-grandmother, friend and a mentor to many.

The cortege will leave Kenyatta University Funeral Home on Friday 31st January 2020 at 8.00am for the funeral service at ACK St. Lukes Muthurwa-Nliku at 11.00am and thereafter her burial at her home in Njiku.

Friends and relatives are meeting at her home in Njiku.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)