Allan Kiuna, founder and head preacher of the Jubilee Christian Church (JCC), died on Tuesday aged 57, according to reports by various parties including religious leaders.
The reports indicated that he died at the Nairobi Hospital where he was rushed after his health deteriorated.
Kiuna had been battling multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that causes the growth of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow, following a diagnosis in 2018.
This cancer causes cells to accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out healthy blood cells.
Rather than produce helpful antibodies, the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins that can cause complications.
Many Kenyans consoled the Kiuna family, among them Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa and Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Ezekiel Mutua and Barasa wrote on X.
“Bishop Allan Kiuna made a significant impact through his ministry. His dedication & powerful sermons resonated well with many. His passing is undoubtedly a great loss to his family, friends, the JCC fraternity and church community.
Kiuna had been battling multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that causes the growth of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow, following a diagnosis in 2018.
Allan Kiuna, founder and head preacher of the Jubilee Christian Church (JCC), died on Tuesday aged 57, according to reports by various parties including religious leaders.
The reports indicated that he died at the Nairobi Hospital where he was rushed after his health deteriorated.
Kiuna had been battling multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that causes the growth of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow, following a diagnosis in 2018.
This cancer causes cells to accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out healthy blood cells. Rather than produce helpful antibodies, the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins that can cause complications.
Many Kenyans consoled the Kiuna family, among them Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa and Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Ezekiel Mutua and
Barasa wrote on X, “Bishop Allan Kiuna made a significant impact through his ministry. His dedication & powerful sermons resonated well with many. His passing is undoubtedly a great loss to his family, friends, the JCC fraternity and church community.”
Kiuna had been open about his battle with cancer since 2019 and in November that year, Kathy spoke about his struggle with the disease via social media.
She said on Instagram that chemotherapy had significantly weakened Kiuna and caused his hair loss and that he could not stand for long as he was experiencing severe leg pain.
“Chemotherapy had him losing hair, gaining weight and unable to do much physically; he was unable to stand or walk for long and had to tiptoe around from the immense pain in his legs. Chemotherapy had him at his lowest,” she wrote.
“What was most difficult for me was having to be home preaching most of the time and not by his side physically and, honestly speaking, it took all of me to even stand and preach.”
Kathy stated that she had to remain strong for her husband and encouraged him.
“Regardless of how I felt, I had to show my husband that we would get through this and show strength even when it was hard, and would later go on my knees and remind God of His promises, most times with tears rolling down my face,” she said.“
In that season, I learnt to put the weight of my faith in God. It is easy to say ‘My faith is in God’ yet still want to do things on your own and find other ways especially when you feel like God is “taking time.”
Kiuna went to the US to seek treatment in December 2022 and returned on December 7, 2023.
He was received by many people including his wife, who sang and danced in celebration.
During a thanksgiving ceremony at his Nairobi church on December 10, he announced that he was cancer-free and said the treatment cost exceeded Sh459.9 million (at that time’s exchange rate).
“For the one year that I was in the US, my treatment cost $3 million, and I didn’t remove one coin from my pocket because the God of heaven provided. I did not call anyone,” he said.
The celebration bore a dual significance as the couple also celebrated 29 years of marriage and Kiuna’s 57th birthday.
