'Bob Collymore did not want us to leave,' last visit with his boys, 2 days before his death

Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange has come out to reveal that Bob Collymore’s family and friends were aware that he was living out his last days.

“We had known this [his death] was coming Bob had informed us. We knew he was not going to last very long, he had been told by his doctors not to make any long term plans,” Jeff said.

Adding, “Infact he was told if he was going to live past July he was lucky.”

The Safaricom CEO passed away today morning at about 2 am in his home in Kitisuru.

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In October 2017, Bob went to the UK to receive treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and returned in July 2018 to resume duties.

“He has been undergoing treatment for this condition since then in different hospitals and most recently at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi,” the statement sent out by Safaricom read.

IT ADDED; “IN RECENT WEEKS, HIS CONDITION WORSENED AND HE SUCCUMBED TO THE CANCER AT HIS HOME IN THE EARLY HOURS ON MONDAY.”

Jeff Koinange in an interview on Citizen TV revealed Bob’s last moments on earth.

“I have never seen anyone prepared for death like I did this man,” Jeff said.

Adding, “This past weekend actually, on Saturday I was having lunch with my mother and my sister. And I told them, listen, give me an hour, I have to go see Bob.”

Together with four other people, they went to visit Bob on Saturday 29, June 2019.

Jeff revealed, “We went to see him on Saturday at around 3 pm. We hang out with him, he was in a bit of pain, his spine was giving him some problem so he kept getting up and stretching his spine and then sitting back down.”

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He continued:

“I’m telling you, he kept saying, ‘Look, I have lived a good life, I have some regrets. It is not a perfect life, nobody is perfect, but I’m ready now. That was two days ago.”

Asked how his demeanour was during the visit to Kitisuru, Jeff narrated the last moments they spent with Bob.

“He was in great spirit. We hang out for at least a couple of hours. Infact, we were the ones who even told him, ‘Listen Bob, you look like you are getting tired, we will leave you to rest’. He did not want us to leave.”

Jeff explained, “He walked us to the door, walked us to our cars outside and we said, ‘Listen Bob, we will see you later on in the week’. And he replied, ‘No problem’.”

But that was not to be. Two days later, Bob breathed his last.

“This morning I got a call from Patrick Quarcoo, he told me he was called at 3 am and he rushed to the house to find that Bob has passed away.”