Joseph Nkaissery. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery is dead.

Nkaissery died at the Karen Hospital a few hours after being admitted for check up.

State House Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua, in a press statement, confirmed his death.

"It is with deep sorrow and shock that we announce the sudden passing on of Interior CS Retired General Joseph Nkaissery. Gen. Nkaissery passed on at Karen Hospital in Nairobi a few hours after being admitted for a check-up. The country to be updated as more information becomes available," reads the statement in full.

Nkaissery was aged 67. 

He attended a prayer rally at Uhuru Park on Friday with President Uhuru Kenyatta and other leaders.