A postmortem procedure on the body of the late journalist Rita Tinina has revealed that she was killed by a bout of severe pneumonia.
Making the revelations, family spokesperson Timothy Njaga, said the postmortem was conducted on Tuesday by government pathologist Peter Ndegwa and family pathologist Dr. Michaka.
He said the family has accepted the results and satisfied with the conclusion of the pathologists following her sudden death on Sunday.
The veteran journalist who had a checkered media.career worked as an Output Producer for Broadcast platforms at the Nation Media Group.
A report from Kileleshwa police station said Rita was found unresponsive in her Kileleshwa house.
Rita, 46, was said to have been fine as of Saturday, but failed to report to work on Sunday.
The media fraternity has since mourned Rita, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years.
She rejoined NTV in October 2023, after working as a senior reporter at standard group’s KTN.
