Martha Karua announces death of her father Jackson Karua

People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua has announced the death of her father, Mwalimu Jackson Karua, following a family visit earlier in the day.

In a statement on Sunday, September 27, 2026, Karua said she learnt of his death while travelling back to Nairobi after spending time with him in Kirinyaga.

Karua said the family sang her father’s favourite gospel hymn during the visit, unaware that it would be their last song together.

“My siblings and I spent time with him and sang his favourite gospel hymn, never knowing it would be our last song together,” she said.

“On my way back to Nairobi, I received the news that my beloved father had breathed his last.”

She said she was grateful for the opportunity to sit beside him and share those final moments.

“There is never really an age at which you are prepared to say goodbye to someone who has been part of your life from the very beginning,” Karua said.

Karua remembered her father as a teacher and a principled man who valued character, education and doing what was right.

She said his support had remained constant throughout her education, legal career and public life.

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“My father believed in me long before I had achieved anything worth celebrating. From my school days, through my career in law, and through the many chapters of my public life.”

“He remained one of my strongest supporters, always proud, always encouraging, and always in my corner,” she said.

Karua described him as a loving, generous and dependable father whose values had shaped the family.

She said his death was a profound loss to his children, grandchildren, wider family and the people whose lives he had touched.

“I will miss his voice, his counsel, his encouragement, and the quiet reassurance of knowing that he was there,” she said.

“To my father, thank you for believing in me, for standing beside me, and for loving me through every chapter of my life. I am deeply grateful to have been your daughter.”

“Huruka thayu, baba. You will be deeply missed, dearly loved, and forever remembered.”

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