Architect Mariamu el Maawy
The Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing & Urban Development has learnt with great sadness of the passing on of Architect Mariamu el Maawy, Principal Secretary, State Department of Public Works.
Beloved daughter of the late Mzee All Abdallah el-Maawy and Sharifa el-Maawy of Lamu County. She is survived by her daughter Layla Ibrahim of Aga Khan Academy. She was loving sister to Abdallah All Abdallah el-Maawy(Canada) and Mohamed Ali el-Maawy.
Arch. El-Maawy was first appointed as Principal Secretary – Land in June, 2013, commencing her service in the then Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. During her tenure as PS Land, she was engaged in major programs of government, which included the Titling Program that resulted in the award of thousands of title deeds including the resolution of longstanding Likoni and Kihiumwiri land crises in Mombasa and Muranga counties respectively. She was posted to head the State Department of Public Works in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development in April 2017. Prior to her appointment,Arch. El-Maawy had served as an HonoraryTreasurer of the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) from 2007 to 2009. She also served as a Member of Mombasa Polytechnic University Council, Chairperson of the Faza Fire Disaster Fund, member of the Public Procurement Advisory Board, the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission and the Privatization Commission of Kenya.
Arch El-Maawy met her death on 27th September 2017 while undergoing treatment following injuries she sustained during a terrorist attack in Lamu in July this year while on official duty.
There will be viewing of her body at her Crystal Palace residence on Gitanga Close near Rusinga School in Nairobi at 9am to 11am today Friday 29th September 2017.Thereafter the body will be taken to Masjid Nur Mosque in Nairobi South C for Jumuah Salaat and Janaza prayers at 11.30 am. Burial will follow shortly thereafter at the Langata Muslim Cemetery at 2.00pm. We send our deepest condolences to the family, friends and the people of Kenya following this most tragic and unfortunate passing on of a committed and hardworking public servant.
May God rest her soul in eternal peace and grant her family strength during this difficult period of grief.
You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday
You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.