Also known as: Obwaka · Job Obwaka · Dr Obwaka · the octogenarian doctor · Dr. Job Obwaka · Dr. Obwaka · the doctor · the deceased · Dr Job Masakhue Lukuru Obwaka · veteran gynaecologist · the 83-year-old medic · Dr. Job Obwoka · Dr. Obwoka
Veteran obstetrician and gynaecologist who directed Nairobi Hospital; died at 83 in May 2026 under investigation for suspected poisoning.
Veteran gynaecologist and Nairobi Hospital director Dr Job Obwaka died at age 83; police are investigating suspected poisoning and have detained a 45-year-old woman as a person of interest. His death follows his arrest six weeks earlier over disputed charges of falsifying hospital records.
A 45-year-old woman, Beatrice Wangare, has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in connection with the death of veteran gynaecologist Dr Job Obwaka, and was questioned about her relationship with the deceased.
2 May 2026 · The Standard →
A 45-year-old woman, Beatrice Wangare, has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in connection with the death of veteran gynaecologist Dr Job Obwaka, and was questioned about her relationship with the deceased.
2 May 2026 · The Standard →
A woman identified as Beatrice Wangare, 45, has been arrested in connection with the death of veteran gynaecologist Dr Job Obwaka, who collapsed in Kitengela and was rushed to Nairobi Hospital. Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation a day after his death.
2 May 2026 · The Standard →
Dr Job Obwaka, a veteran gynaecologist and director at Nairobi Hospital, has died at the age of 83. He was rushed unconscious to the hospital on Friday evening and pronounced dead on arrival. He had recently been arrested alongside other directors over a leadership row at the hospital.
1 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Dr Job Obwaka, a veteran gynaecologist and director of Nairobi Hospital, has died at age 83. He passed away at the hospital where he worked for decades, six weeks after his arrest over disputed charges of falsifying hospital records.
1 May 2026 · The Standard →