Broadcasting and Telecommunications Principal Secretary (PS), Stephen Isaboke, has joined Ministry staff, friends and relatives in condoling with the family of the late Douglas Mudambo, who was until his death an Information Officer at the Ministry of Information Communications and The Digital economy based in Mt. Elgon Sub-county, Bungoma County.
Isaboke regretted that the State Department had lost a committed, thorough and reliable public servant who was always ready to serve the nation.
Mudambo was laid to rest on Wednesday at his home in Sikulu Village, Tongaren Sub-county, Bungoma County.
In his message to the mourners read by a Deputy Director of Information, Mary Musasia, during the ceremony, the PS said the late Mudambo will be remembered by his colleagues and other Ministry staff as a person who demonstrated exceptional discipline, hard work, devotion and commitment to duty even in difficult circumstances.
He said the Department will forever miss the expertise, mentorship and commitment of the late Mudambo, calling on the family to continue upholding the values that the late officer upheld.
Several Ministry staff and journalists from various media houses turned up in large numbers and joined the family and relatives to pay their final respects to their departed colleague.
Mudambo joined the Directorate of Information on 16th May 2011 and was initially posted to Vihiga County, where he served for two years.
He was later transferred to Bungoma County and deployed to Mt. Elgon Sub-county, where he served till his demise.
The former Information Officer passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at the Webuye Sub-county Hospital, where he had been admitted the previous day.
He is survived by his wife Benedrick Kipkarich and five children.
By Catherine Nyongesa
