MCA Peter Weru during Jamhuri Day celebrations on December 12, 2017, before he collapsed. [Photo/Lord Gichohi]

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Nyeri Member of the County Assembly (MCA) Peter Weru has passed on at the Outspan Hospital where he was receiving treatment. 

Weru collapsed today, Tuesday, during Jamhuri Day celebrations in Nyeri County.

Nyeri County Assembly Speaker John Kaguchia said that the MCA, who was representing Ruguru Ward, collapsed while he was addressing a crowd at Nduduini Primary School in Mathira Constituency.

Weru’s death comes a month after Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru died on November 7th in a grisly road accident at Kabati, along Thika-Murang'a road while heading to Nairobi for a talk show.