Bishop Cornelius Korir suffered from diabetes and high blood
pressure, or hypertension, which were detected late and may have caused his death.
Phillip Anyollo, chairman of
the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, gave this report on Tuesday saying Korir had complained about the two problems.
Anyollo, who serves in Homa Bay, said doctors had started
managing the complications before the Bishop died on Monday morning.
"The health problems were not detected early. He spent several days in bed."
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The Bishop said Korir was to go for specialised treatment at
Karen Hospital in Naiobi that morning.
A flight had already been booked, he said, adding he was found dead by priests who had gone to help him prepare.
Anyollo a postmortem will not be carried out ahead of the burial which has been rescheduled to next Saturday.
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A public funeral service will be held at Eldoret sports club before the funeral.
The body is at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital farewell home.
