A founder member of the Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA) Charles Karan has died while serving as Chairman of Kisumu County Public Service Board (PSB).
Announcing his death, Kisumu County Governor Prof Anyang Nyong’o said the late chairman passed on while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa.
“He was rushed to the hospital after falling ill while attending a conference last week in Mombasa,” said Nyong’o.
He described the late Karan as a career teacher and a distinguished administrator.
The governor said the county is in mourning following the demise of a tireless worker who provided the executive with the required human resource needs.
Nyong’o said he will be remembered for nurturing a number of students in the schools where he taught.
“Mr Karan was also a respected community opinion leader across the county,” he said, condoling with his family and the larger Kano clan where he was born for the big loss.
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Karan headed a number of primary schools in Kisumu before his retirement and subsequent hiring to head the PSB in the first term of Governor Nyong’o.
Others who sent condolence messages include the County Secretary Hesbon Hongo whom he worked with as the secretary to the board.
Hongo described the late Karan as a diligent and committed worker and public servant.
Former Nyando MP Clarkson Karan also sent his condolences, saying he knew the former teacher as a hard working person.
KEPSHA Kisumu Chairman Elly Ondiek mourned the late Karan as a mentor and a brother to him.
By Fredrick Odiero
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