Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir has come to the aid of music composer Enock Ondego's family by clearing his hospital bill.

The 90-year-old who is one of Kenya’s most prominent songwriters, died after suffering a stroke in his house in Kisauni last week and his body has been lying at the Coast general hospital mortuary.

According to media reports his bill had accumulated to over kshs 150,000.

The family has been pleading for support to accord their late father a befitting send off at his rural home in Vihiga.

Ondego known for his popular patriotic  songs like Wimbo wa Historia ,Kenya ni Nchi ya Ajabu and Kenya Yetu lived a life full of despair for the last five decades despite his status, according to his family.

The late Ondego who started his teaching career at the age of 17 was also the founder of the Mwakigena Choir which he formed in Kwale after being posted as a teacher at the Samburu Primary School.

The late founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was impressed by Ondego's music that he picked him to head the presidential music association in 1969.

On sunday evening, Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir made an impromptu visit at the Coast general hospital where he mingled with patients and cleared the late Ondego's hospital bill .