Rita Tinina requiem mass

Former KTN reporter body Rita Tinina arrives at Nairobi Holy Family Basilica for Requiem mass on Monday, March, 25, 2024. [Samson wire Standard]

As early as 6.00 am on Monday, March 25, friends and families had gathered waiting to pay their final tribute.

Rita Tinina's body arrives at Holy Family Basilica.[Samson Wire, Standard]

Before her death, she worked as an output producer on broadcast platforms at the Nation Media Group.

Standard Group Deputy Broadcast Editor TV Ken Mijungu eulogies Rita Tinina. [Samson wire, Standard]

Standard Group Deputy Broadcast Editor TV Ken Mijungu has remembered Rita for her journalistic prowess saying she has left a gap in the media fraternity.

" Rita Tinina's journalistic prowess transcends headlines, challenges norms, and sparks conversations. She has left a legacy that defies mere words. She was more than ink on paper; she was the voice of the voiceless and the seeker of hidden stories," said Mijungu.

She will be remembered for her in-depth coverage of the trial of six Kenyans at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for their alleged roles in the 2007-08 post-election violence that claimed more than 1,133 lives and displaced more than 650,000 people among other remarkable reporting.

Standard Group PLC intake editor, Kizito Namulanda,Digital Strategist, Denish Itumbi among friends and relatives at Rita's requiem mass.[Samson Wire, Standard]

A postmortem examination conducted on her revealed that she died of severe pneumonia.

Rita leaves behind an eight-year-old daughter.

She will be buried at her family home at Noosupeni Farm Olokirikirai, Narok County on Wednesday, March 27.