{"id":685236,"date":"2019-08-19T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T09:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">Benga musician John Ng'ang'a, alias John DeMathew, has perished in a road crash at Blue Post this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Thika Base Commander Elenah"},"modified":"2019-08-19T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T09:30:17","slug":"kenya-benga-musician-john-demathew-dies-in-road-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/19\/kenya-benga-musician-john-demathew-dies-in-road-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Benga Musician John De&#8217;Mathew Dies in Road Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">Benga musician John Ng&#8217;ang&#8217;a, alias John DeMathew, has perished in a road crash at Blue Post this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Thika Base Commander Elenah Wamuyu said Demathew&#8217;s car rammed into a lorry near Blue Post Hotel. 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