CGTN Africa Journalist Nick Mudimba is dead.
Mudimba who is a former KTN journalist collapsed and died in his house in Syokimau, Machakos County on Sunday, March 23, 2025 evening, his family and friends said.
He was with his family when the incident happened.
A family member said Mudimba was unwell and was diagnosed on Saturday with uric acid.
He was prescribed medication on Sunday hours before his sudden death.
He was in a good mood and watched the football match between Harambee Stars and Gabon before he took his medication as advised.
Witnesses said he later collapsed and started convulsing and died in the house.
The body was moved to a mortuary in Syokimau pending autopsy and other procedures.
His colleagues mourned him as a hardworking and dedicated journalist whose work touched and changed many.
He had among others worked at KTN, and Switch TV before moving to CGTN where he was a senior reporter based in Nairobi.
CGTN Africa, which is the African division of China Global Television Network,
the English-language news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China
Central Television confirmed the incident.
Several colleagues took to social media to mourn the father of two.
They described him as a good and helpful journalist.
An autopsy is planned on the body to explain the cause of the death.
Nick Mudimba (in specs and at the centre) with his colleagues at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PHOTO: CGTN]
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