Namuye collapsed and died in her house in Kileleshwa, Nairobi on Wednesday evening.
Neighbours said they heard screams and when they rushed to check they found her on the floor with foam on the mouth.
Police have launched investigations into the incident. She was a mother of one
Before her dismissal, she was suspended from the board pending investigations into the loss of Sh180M at the fund.
In June, Former YEDF chairman Bruce Odhiambo and Namuye, who are on trial for the Sh180 million scam, lodged fresh protests over documents that were allegedly not been supplied to the court to support their case.
Their lawyers alleged that certain documents that may boost their defence, had not been supplied to them.
But the prosecution led by senior state counsel Nicholas Mutuku told magistrate Lawrence Mugambi that an affidavit attesting to the misplaced documents has been filed in court.
-The Star|