RIP

[PHOTOS]: Star journalist Corazon Wafula laid to rest in Turbo

She died aged 32 and has left behind one child.

In Summary

• Corazon’s burial ceremony took place on Saturday at her family home in Turbo, Eldoret.

• She died aged 32 and has left behind one child.

The Star Publication journalist Corazon Wafula has been laid to rest.

Corazon’s burial ceremony took place on Saturday at her family home in Turbo, Eldoret.

Cora, as her friends fondly referred to her, succumbed to liver failure due to hypothyroidism, a condition she had battled for a long time.

She died aged 32 and has left behind one child.

Funeral service for Corazon Wafula in Turbo, Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Funeral service for Corazon Wafula in Turbo, Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Image: Mathews Ndanyi

Corazon started her career at Sayari FM in Eldoret as a volunteer before joining the Star as a correspondent, covering the courts.

On Friday, friends and family described Corazon as someone who gave her job her all, always careful not to let her private life issues come before her and getting a story for her audience.

“Every time we travelled, Cora always had her laptop on. We’d tell her ‘put away the computer and let's story but she’d say ‘there is this story I’m following, I don’t want it to pass me,'” Winnie, her twin sister, said.

Corazon Wafula's final moments in Turbo, Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Corazon Wafula's final moments in Turbo, Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Image: Mathews Ndanyi
Mourners during the funeral program of the late Corazon Wafula.
Mourners during the funeral program of the late Corazon Wafula.
Image: CHARLENE MALWA
Mourners during the funeral program of the late Corazon Wafula.
Mourners during the funeral program of the late Corazon Wafula.
Image: CHARLENE MALWA
Corazon Wafula's final moments as she's being laid to rest in Turbo Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Corazon Wafula's final moments as she's being laid to rest in Turbo Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Image: Mathews Ndanyi
Corazon Wafula's final moments as she's being laid to rest in Turbo Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Corazon Wafula's final moments as she's being laid to rest in Turbo Kakamega County on September 4, 2021.
Image: Mathews Ndanyi

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