The Family of a Kisii Relative Who Died 2 Years After His Wife’s Death Recounts the Events Before He Died

• The Kisii family has shared the painful final moments of Ezra Obiero, whose death has touched many Kenyans online, as it happened two years after the death of his wife
• Ezra died on Sunday, January 18, 2026, after a months-long battle with leukemia diagnosed in late November 2025
• According to his brother Edgar, Ezra experienced severe chest pains caused by fluid accumulation in his body from time to time; tests later confirmed the cancer had badly affected his lungs

The Kisii family has recounted the painful final moments of Ezra Obiero, a widower and father of two boys whose death has broken the hearts of many Kenyans on social media.

Obiero died on Sunday, January 18, after a months-long battle with cancer that was diagnosed in his body at the end of November 2025.

Sadly, his death came just a few years after his wife died in childbirth in 2023.

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Ezra Obiero’s battle with cancer

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, his brother Ezra Edgar said that he started to get sick in November when he had severe chest pain and went to the hospital for examination.

“He would have this severe pain in his chest that got worse after sleeping. He went for a biopsy, and that’s when a sample was taken for a biopsy. Before the results came back, the pain in his chest continued. So he ended up going for an MRI just to find out what was wrong with his chest,” Edgar said.

On the day of the MRI, the biopsy results came back, showing that he had leukemia that had badly affected his lungs. He was consulted and underwent chemotherapy.

“It was discovered that the cause of the chest pain was that he had fluid accumulating in the chest area, and although it had drained, it kept recurring, causing him endless pain and discomfort,” the brother of the deceased added.

Ezra was in and out of the hospital when his condition worsened. Edgar and his family stayed with him, giving him the moral support he needed.

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“A week ago, his employer intervened and helped us take him to Nairobi Hospital for better treatment. His oxygen levels were low, and as soon as we got to the station, he was transferred to the ICU. He was treated until he took his last breath on Sunday,” he said.

Ezra’s last moments before death

Edgar recounted that watching his brother bravely fight cancer was heartbreaking.

“She was often in pain. Sometimes she would be overwhelmed with pain and cry in pain, asking me to make sure to take care of her children because she felt like it was her last days. She would say ‘look after the children. I am leaving them’. But I encouraged her to fight,” he said.

It was even more heartbreaking for the family because Ezra was a widower, having lost his wife in 2023, during the birth of their second son.

At the time, Ezra wrote a heartbreaking message on Facebook, asking bitterly why his wife wouldn’t come home after she died in childbirth.

He was taken for surgery when he died, while his son survived.

“So now you’re not coming back, mom,” a heartbroken Ezra wrote in 2023, as he cried for her.

Funeral arrangements for Ezra

Edgar revealed that the family has planned Ezra’s funeral for February 1, 2026.

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She revealed that she will make it her personal responsibility to take care of her Ezra’s little boys, adding that her whole family will join together to take care of the children.

To help the family with their funeral arrangements, use a paybill: 522533, account number 8054696/ Name: Late Ezra Obiero.

The family mourns the head teacher of Nakuru

In other news, Kenyans recently mourned the head teacher of Nakuru who was among the seven people who died in an accident in Kikopey on Monday, January 19.

Principal Hellen was loved in the teachers’ community in Gilgil for the great impact he had as the principal of Thugunui Primary School.

He was praised as an excellent teacher and creative leader.

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