Celebrated Kenyan actor Derek Amunga a.k.a 'Master Sugu' who has been missing for several days has been confirmed dead.
Mr Amunga became popular in the 90s when he acted as a street urchin in the Kenyan local soap ‘Tausi’. Mr Amunga has been on and off stage and silver screen ever since.
News about his disappearance has been circulating in the social media for the past one week. His housemate and fellow actor Shem Odhiambo Agunga confirmed shortly after viewing his body at the Kenyatta National Hospital mortuary.
Shem said that the post-mortem is yet to be done to establish the cause of his death.
According to Shem, the deceased has been off the acting scene for a while until a few months ago.
“He had gone to his rural home in Kakamega to re-strategize on his acting career,” said Mr Agunga.
“We told him to come back to Nairobi since the theatre industry has improved, and when he finally did, I hosted him in my house.”
His last job was a role he played in the play ‘Trapped’ staged at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi recently.
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