{"id":4221,"date":"2020-02-06T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:04:26","slug":"bishop-james-onguko-dies-after-a-short-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221","title":{"rendered":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0By Andrew Ombuni <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Emeritus Peter James Onguko of\nChrist Evangelistic Church \u2013 Kakamega is dead. Bishop Onguko died last night\nafter a short illness at St Luke\u2019s Hospital in Eldoret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;He\nhas left around a widow, Bishop Susan Onguko and several children as well as\ngrandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\"\/><figcaption><strong><em>The late Bishop Emeritus Peter James Onguko and his wife Susan <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Two\nweeks ago he became sick and was rushed to the Aga Khan hospital in Kisumu\nwhere he was treated and discharged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Last\nweek, he developed complications again and the family rushed him to the Kisumu\nSpecialists hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cThe\nBishop was not improving as expected and the family opted to refer him to St\nLuke\u2019s hospital for specialised treatment from where he died last night,\u201d said\na close family friend. Bishop Onguko will be remembered for planting many\nchurches in Western region and more so nurturing many pastors in Western\nregion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026\u2026More to follow\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kakamega \u00a0\u00a0By Andrew Ombuni Bishop Emeritus Peter James Onguko of Christ Evangelistic Church \u2013 Kakamega is dead. Bishop Onguko died last night after a short illness at St Luke\u2019s Hospital in Eldoret. &nbsp;He has left around a widow, Bishop Susan Onguko and several children as well as grandchildren. &nbsp;Two weeks ago he became sick and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kakamega \u00a0\u00a0By Andrew Ombuni Bishop Emeritus Peter James Onguko of Christ Evangelistic Church \u2013 Kakamega is dead. Bishop Onguko died last night after a short illness at St Luke\u2019s Hospital in Eldoret. &nbsp;He has left around a widow, Bishop Susan Onguko and several children as well as grandchildren. &nbsp;Two weeks ago he became sick and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horizonnewsglobal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Horizon News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Horizon News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0aaeb0e26ff89059b5ef81bcf454e3c4\"},\"headline\":\"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/late-onguko.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Kenya News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221\",\"name\":\"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/late-onguko.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/late-onguko.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/late-onguko.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?p=4221#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/\",\"name\":\"Horizon News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Horizon News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-15-at-15.18.04.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-15-at-15.18.04.jpg\",\"width\":483,\"height\":483,\"caption\":\"Horizon News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/horizonnewsglobal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0aaeb0e26ff89059b5ef81bcf454e3c4\",\"name\":\"Horizon News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Horizon News\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/horizonnews.co.ke\\\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News","og_description":"Kakamega \u00a0\u00a0By Andrew Ombuni Bishop Emeritus Peter James Onguko of Christ Evangelistic Church \u2013 Kakamega is dead. Bishop Onguko died last night after a short illness at St Luke\u2019s Hospital in Eldoret. &nbsp;He has left around a widow, Bishop Susan Onguko and several children as well as grandchildren. &nbsp;Two weeks ago he became sick and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221","og_site_name":"Horizon News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horizonnewsglobal","article_published_time":"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Horizon News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Horizon News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221"},"author":{"name":"Horizon News","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/0aaeb0e26ff89059b5ef81bcf454e3c4"},"headline":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness","datePublished":"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221"},"wordCount":167,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg","articleSection":["Kenya News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221","url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221","name":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness - Horizon News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-06T09:04:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/late-onguko.jpg","width":960,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4221#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bishop James Onguko dies after a short illness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#website","url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/","name":"Horizon News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#organization","name":"Horizon News","url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-15-at-15.18.04.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-15-at-15.18.04.jpg","width":483,"height":483,"caption":"Horizon News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horizonnewsglobal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/0aaeb0e26ff89059b5ef81bcf454e3c4","name":"Horizon News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af3de1890d7bafb4d1ac800e2af2660a9e865de75a28be465963ab3744754490?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Horizon News"},"url":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}