Acting Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph says he battled cancer during his stint at the telecommunications company between 2000 and 2010.
Joseph shared details of his battle with the disease during an interview with K24 TV on Tuesday evening.
Joseph, who has returned to the mobile service provider as interim CEO following the death of Bob Collymore, said he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003.
He was declared cancer-free after undergoing treatment for several months.
“Not many people know that am also a cancer survivor and that I was diagnosed with cancer in 2003 while still CEO of Safaricom. I am now a cancer survivor,” Joseph said.
Joseph was responding to a question about his plans on cancer, which has claimed the lives of many people in the country including former Safaricom CEO Collymore.
Collymore died at his Nairobi residence on Monday morning after battling with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a rare type of cancer, for about two years.
“I don’t have any direct plans to do that (set up a cancer center) although they should probably know that Safaricom Foundation has spent a lot of money in the health field.”
“I am sure in the memory of Bob (Collymore), we will do more now in terms of preventing and helping the treatment of cancer,” stated Joseph.
In an earlier interview with The Standard, Joseph said he at some point run the company from a hospital bed.
“It was a long drawn out affair and for some time, I ran Safaricom from a hospital bed. People would bring me advertisements to approve and all that and then they would be worried because I had tubes running all over my body,” Joseph explained.
Are you rubbing wounds with…
Are you rubbing wounds with salt the man has been dead less than 72 hours.You need to thank god you got more time on this earth and since when was it a compliment when you replace the man who replaced you and just happened to do a better job than you did.You are apparently filling in for the next person do your job so that you will be remembered for the right reasons .
For social media busy bodies…
For social media busy bodies like you @Raia, it’s important to remind you that Michael Joseph actually made Safericom the behemoth it is today, most profitable company in the region. Shut up and let the icon rest in peace.
@njai keep your worshipping…
@njai keep your worshipping of the white dude to yourself.You and the likes of pastor ngethe are cut from the same clothe.Ati because I built it I own it in your backward world only.Again I am not in the habit of arguing with fools .If you had half a brain you know it is not the CEO who makes the company but the other way round when your successor does a better job and then you ,and you are brought back it is an insult otherwise this guy is nothing more than a placeholder however if you cannot comprehend what am saying that is okay it is not my fault you were born with low IQ
It’s high time that Cancers…
It’s high time that Cancers were named Causatively (causes of it) rather than Impactively (their Impacts). E.g. Some Colon Cancer cancers are CAUSED by poison (especially Slow poisoning). Some bad people cause Cancer (by Poisoning good people making them die slowly than Abruptly) lest it catches people’s Attention.