While confirming the death, family spokesman Samir Bhalo revealed that Hasu was suffering from Colorectal cancer -cancer of the intestines and had been depending on a colostomy bag for years.
A colostomy bag is used to collect one’s poo. How often it needs to be changed depends on which type of bag you use. Closed bags may need changing one to three times a day. There are also drainable bags that need to be replaced every two or three days. These may be suitable for people who have particularly loose poo.
According to Bhalo, he had been complaining of stomach pains for two days before he was rushed to hospital leading to his death.
As per Hindu traditions, Hasu was to be cremated within 24 hours but surprisingly, his body was moved to Pandya mortuary and not his Nyali residence.
His popularity was due to his major investments in the construction industry as well as philanthropic programmes in Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi counties.
His company’s programmes have faced some tussles under the current county government regime of Governor Abdulswamad Nassir.
In May 2023, the county government ordered Mombasa Cement to cease payment of hospital bills for patients at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital.
However, Nassir later stated that his administration never meant to stop aid to the needy but to streamline the process.
In April this year, the security committee in Mombasa which was led by county commissioner Mahmood Noor suspended the company’s feeding programme due to security concerns.
This was after it was established that the programme within the CBD was infiltrated by youthful criminal gangs who were harassing and mugging people in broad daylight.
The businessman was also entangled in a succession case where two children of his brother, the late Arvind Kanji Patel, accused him of failing to facilitate their enrolment in foreign universities after completing their A-Level studies from international school in Mombasa.
Through lawyer Richard Ngari, the two children and their mother wanted the court to revoke a grant of probate issued to the tycoon to administer a will allegedly written by their father.
Mombasa Cement Limited is also embroiled in a land ownership case at its Mavoko plant in Machakos county where three businessmen are claiming ownership of part of the land.
The tycoon who has vast business interests in Kenya and Uganda had recently taken up irrigation at the Galana Kulalu farm after the Government gave him the project in which he invested millions of shillings.
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