Businessman and founder of Mololine Services Limited Kibera Muchai is dead.
His family confirmed that the businessman passed away on Tuesday at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital where he was undergoing treatment after a short illness.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our patriarch Kibera Muchai who passed away today at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital after a short illness,” a family said.
Following his demise tributes poured in online.
Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika mourned Kibera Muchai as a distinguished entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist.
"As we mourn his passing, we celebrate a man who leaves behind a rich legacy as an astute, visionary, and charitable businessman. May his soul rest in eternal peace and may God comfort the family," wrote Senator Kihika on her Facebook page.
Muchai was also a former Molo councilor where Molo MP Kuria Kimani also mourned Kibera as an astute entrepreneur, who built a name by establishing a business empire from scratch, through grit and hard work.
Muchai was the founder of Mololine Sacco, a pioneer Matatu organization that eventually revolutionized public service travel in Kenya.
The businessman, who owns several other businesses in Molo, Nakuru, and Nairobi, advocated for sanity in the Matatu industry and was instrumental in the development of the cashless system of payment at Mololine.
