Raphael Tuju Flown to the UK for Specialized Treatment

Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju was on Thursday flown to the United Kingdom for further treatment following the February 12th road accident, the ruling party said.

Tuju was traveling to Kabarak, Nakuru County for the burial of the late former president Daniel Arap Moi when his vehicle collided head-on with a matatu at Magina area on the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.

He was rushed to Kijabe Mission Hospital for emergency treatment and later airlifted to Karen Hospital in Nairobi, where he has been since then.

In a statement on Thursday, Jubilee communications director Alex Memusi said the decision to fly Tuju abroad for treatment was made by his family after consultations with his doctors.

“The party is in close and constant communication with the family to monitor every progress made and will continue giving progress reports on his condition,” read the statement,

“The party requests that we continue to pray for his quick recovery.”

Memusi added that Tuju, who also serves as a Cabinet Secretary without a portfolio, had been transferred from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the ward after an improvement in his health was noticed over the last few days.

In an update on Tuju’s condition last Monday, Memusi noted that he “is conscious and fully in control of his limbs just as he was when he walked into the accident and emergency section of Kijabe Hospital.”

He also disclosed that doctors had immobilized him to avoid the risk of aggravating the injuries he suffered in the accident.