A close friend of veteran KBC journalist Edmonds Selassia has shared a deeply moving tribute on Facebook, revealing that he had watched Selassia perform his final show just one day before the journalist passed away.
Douglas Iluzu posted the tribute on Thursday, September 10, 2026, expressing the shock of losing someone he described as a true friend so unexpectedly.
Iluzu opens up about Selassia’s last radio show
In his post, Iluzu also shared screenshots of the last WhatsApp messages exchanged between the two men, giving followers a rare and intimate glimpse into their friendship in its final hours.
“I enjoyed your show yesterday; little did I know that it was your final show,” Iluzu wrote in his tribute. “Rest in peace, Edmonds Selassia. You were a true friend.”
The simplicity of those words carried a weight that resonated with many who came across the post. Iluzu had no idea, while watching his friend command the stage one final time, that he was witnessing a farewell.
Selassia builds career at KBC
Selassia had been a familiar face at KBC, Kenya’s national broadcaster, where he built a career that earned him the respect of colleagues and audiences alike.
He had been dealing with an illness before his death, though the precise details of his condition were not publicly disclosed.
The WhatsApp chats Iluzu chose to share were not dramatic or foreboding. They were ordinary exchanges between two friends, which made them all the more poignant once news of Selassia’s passing broke.
Colleagues and fans of Edmonds Selassia mourn him
That ordinariness was perhaps the most heartbreaking detail of all: a conversation like any other, now frozen as the last.
The tribute drew attention online as colleagues, fans and fellow journalists processed the loss of a broadcaster who, by all accounts, remained dedicated to his craft until the very end.
Iluzu’s post served as a reminder of how suddenly life can change, and how those who work in the public eye often leave behind an audience that mourns them just as deeply as those who knew them personally.
