Popular TV actor Papa Shirandula is dead » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya July 18 – Popular TV actor Papa Shirandula is dead.

Papa Shirandula, whose real name is Charles Bukeko, died on Saturday morning in what was suspected to be COVID-19, family sources said.

His family said he passed on at Karen Hospital where he was rushed for emergency treatment after experiencing breathing difficulties.

“He died on arrival in hospital,” a family member said, “he had been in his rural home in Western Kenya where he fell ill.”

He is said to have tested positive for COVID-19, and even gone into isolation but his condition was worsened by diabetes, according to his family and colleagues.

The deceased was popular for the popular CITIZEN TV series Papa Shirandula where he was the main actor.