Zambian High Commissioner Brenda Muntemba dies in Nairobi

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By JAMES KAHONGEH
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Zambian High Commissioner to Kenya Brenda Muntemba-Sichilembe has died in Nairobi.
Foreign
Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau on Wednesday said Ms
Muntemba succumbed to injuries she sustained in a road crash in
Machakos.
Ms Mutemba, 49, died while receiving treatment in a Nairobi hospital after the crash three weeks ago.
The
diplomat was involved in a road accident on February 26 at Lukenya on
Mombasa Road, when her Toyota Prado rammed head-on with an oncoming
trailer. 
She was accompanied by Botswana’s ambassador to Kenya Duke Lephoko.
The two diplomats were returning to the capital Nairobi when the collision happened.
The pair was admitted to Machakos Level 5
Hospital before Ms Mutenmba was referred to Nairobi and admitted to the
Nairobi Hospital’s ICU after she developed internal bleeding.
“Saddened
by the passing of Zambian High Commissioner to Kenya and women’s right
advocate, Amb. Brenda Muntemba-Sichilemba” Nairobi Women’s
Representative Esther Passaris mourned her.
“My heartfelt condolences to her family and friends and to the People of Zambia. Rest in Peace,” said Passaris in a tweet.
Prior
to her appointment as High Commissioner, she served as a police
commissioner and chief program officer at Unesco in Lusaka.

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