Makueni County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Marketing, Industry, Culture and Tourism, Sonia Nzilani, is dead.
Announcing her death, Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Junior said Nzilani was found unresponsive at her home on Saturday, November 22.
Mutula mourned her as an accomplished environmentalist and a passionate advocate for tree growing.
"Her commitment to public service and her passion for the growth of our county will be deeply missed. She was an accomplished environmentalist and a passionate advocate for tree growing, earning from the public the affectionate nickname "Syomiti" for her unwavering commitment to environmental conservation," mourned Mutula.Nzilani once courted controversy after claiming menstruating women attract crocodiles.
She was responding to a tragic incident involving the death of a 17-year-old girl killed by a crocodile in Makueni
