Former Government pathologist Alex Kirasi Olumbe is dead.
Close sources to the family confirmed that Olumbe succumbed to colon cancer.
He was appointed chief government pathologist in 1998.
Olumbe was born on February 4, 1963, in North Maragoli.
He was the son of Jotham and Fanice (Isanjili) Olumbe.
The former pathologist was married to Jacqueline Wills and the two were blessed with three children; Mwanaisha Kagusha, Donald Washe Indeheri, Diana Laura Eboso
Little is known of his early education but he spent his early childhood in Kaloleni estate in Nairobi's Eastlands.
The late Olumbe got a Diploma in medicine from, the London Society of Apothecaries in 1996.
Still, in the same year, he obtained a Diploma in Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia.
Olumbe at the University of Nairobi obtained his Bachelor of Science in Surgery and Master in Pathology.
Career
•Teacher Raval's Secondary School, Nairobi, 1982-1983.
•Medical officer at Nyeri Hospital, 1988-1989.
•Registar in pathology University Nairobi Medical School/Ministry of Health, 1989-1993.
•Forensic pathologist Minister Health, Kenya, 1993-1998.
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