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Renowned author and media personality Ken Walibora. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]
Renowned Kenyan Swahili author and Journalist Prof. Ken Walibora is dead. 

Details reaching the Standard Digital desk say Walibora, who was reported missing since Friday last week,  was knocked by a matatu on Ladhies Road, Nairobi.
A long-time friend, who requested anonymity, told Standard Digital, Walimbora was driven to Kenyatta Hospital in a Nairobi County Ambulance and police drove to the scene where some street children, who had taken his cellphone, produced his ID.
His body has been lying  National Hospital mortuary since Friday where it was on Monday found by relatives and friends after a frantic search.
Police also say that his car is missing.
The author is famous for the Swahili novel, Siku Njema, which was published in 1996 and saw Walibora become an instant household name in Kiswahili literature.
He was employed at the Nation Media Group as a Kiswahili news anchor after which he joined the University of Wisconsin, USA, as an assistant professor, African languages.
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 Later, in recognition for his contribution to the development of Kiswahili, The Aga Khan appointed him as the Nation Media Group Head of Kiswahili, a position he served until he joined Riara University’s  School of Diplomacy.
Walibora is an alumni of Ol-Kejuado High School and the University of Nairobi.
Walimbora played major role translating, Google and Microsoft websites navigation details from English to Kiswahili.

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