{
  "id": 11642767,
  "title": "Funeral service for Martha Karua’s father mwalimu Jackson underway in Gichugu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/funeral-service-for-martha-karuas-father-mwalimu-jackson-underway-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T08:46:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/funeral-service-for-martha-karuas-father-mwalimu-jackson-underway-in-gichugu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The funeral service for Mwalimu Jackson Karua, father of People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, is underway at Mugumo Primary School in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County. Family members, relatives, friends, and mourners have gathered to pay their final respects to the veteran educator, who lived nearly a century. The service, which follows a memorial held at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi on Thursday, October 1, 2026, celebrates Mwalimu Karua's life and legacy as an educator and family man who emphasized education and good values.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Uhuru joins mourners at burial of Martha Karua’s father",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/uhuru-joins-mourners-at-burial-of-martha-karuas-father",
        "published": "2026-10-03T09:22:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}