Sydney Quntai died on April 20, after a short illness and will be buried in his Iseuri home in Kajiado. Read: Conservationists protest SGR's Nairobi National Park routeOmtatah said he had worked with Quntai for over a year, petitioning against the passage of the Standard Gauge Railway through Nairobi National Park. Those of us on the Save Nairobi National Park Campaign will continue our fight, not just to save this beautiful park, but also to honour his memory." Trish Heather-Hayes from Friends of Nairobi National Park said: "He was a great man ... an ordinary person who faced extraordinary circumstances but acted with courage, honour and self-sacrifice,." He served as a journalist with Nation newspaper from 1983 to 1985, joined Kenya Times in 1985 and theKenya Television Network (KTN) in 1994.

Source: The Star April 26, 2018 10:52 UTC