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Starehe Boys Centre co-founder passes on

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Starehe Boys Centre co-founder Joseph Gikubu. He died on May 08, 2014. PHOTO | FILE

Starehe Boys Centre co-founding director Joseph Gikubu died early Thursday morning at Nairobi hospital.

The school’s head Matthew Kithyaka has confirmed Mr Gikubu’s death.

Starehe Boys Centre administrators are meeting with the family to organize the funeral.

Mr Gikubu  was the last surviving co-founder of the institution. The other two co-founders were the late Geoffrey Griffins and the late Geoffrey Geturu.

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