SHEILA MWANYIGHA REMEMBERS LATE FATHER GIDEON VICTOR IN EMOTIONAL POST

Former Tusker Project Fame host, Sheila Mwanyigha has chosen so celebrate her mother and late father as her Mashujaas.

Taking to Instagram, Sheila said she didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to her late father Gideon Victor Mwanyigha, “This is probably the hardest week of the year for my family and I. After spending an evening visiting with my father while he was in hospital, the following morning I was holding his face and kissing his forehead and wondering why he was so cold and could someone bring him a blanket.

Dad was gone. How? Why? I never said goodbye- not at that moment, not even as I left him for home after that hospital visit. We’d had the most wonderful conversation we had ever had and he was going to pull through. Thing is I never will say goodbye. Nope not ever.”

Adding that Mashujaa day will be a day to celebrate her hero’s for their service in the Kenya Police Band, “In fact, Mashujaa Day will be my day of remembrance of my father and hero, Gideon Victor Mwanyigha. Together with my mum Agnes Wanjiru, they served as officers in the Kenya Police Band. Growing up in the hills of Taita, from a humble background, Dad watched his father go off to Burma with the Kings African Rifles as a medic, in a war many never understood.

He had to step in and raise his siblings when his own mother died. A musical genius who could play most instruments- but especially the guitar, Dad’s talent opened doors for him at work in the Police Band, and also in the ad world where actual musicians created catchy jingles.”

She also added, “There was always music in the house, and this gift lives on in my brother Mark and I. Music will always be home for us. Music saw my father rise up the police force to become the Director of Music of the Kenya Police Band. With him conducting the band there was never a flat note. Oh no, not with Dad! He was also an Assistant Commissioner of Police and received recognition for his work, including a Head of State Commendation, an honour that not many police officers- or even civilians are accorded.

Today I wear my father’s service medals in celebration of an officer and a true gentleman. They rest on my heart with pride, while my Dad lives on in my heart in eternal love. Dad, you and Mum are my Shujaas. You represent so many honest police officers who have served and who are serving Kenya with all that they have and all that they are.”