Bonchari member of Parliament Hon.John Oyioka passed away this morning at a Kisumu hospital after a long illness.
Kisii county and the country at large has been thrown into mourning again after Bonchari MP Hon.John Oyioka passed away this morning.
Hon.John Oyioka who is a first time member of Parliament elected on a (PDP) ticket, passed away in a Kisumu hospital after battling a long illness,He also served in the parliamentary committee of Education, Research and technology.
President Kenyatta led the country in mourning him,He eulogised him in his comfort message described him as an "accomplished educator and a determined legislator."“It is a pity that death has robbed us of a determined and a progressive grassroots leader who used his long experience as a teacher and administrator to develop his constituents through education.
“Hon Oyioka's love for education is demonstrated in his setting up of a private teachers college to serve his community after his retirement from public service.
"That was a selfless leader who knew and appreciated the transformative value of empowering the youth through education,".
Hon. Oyioka's death came barely hours after the burial of veteran kisii politician and former cabinet minister Simeon nyachae,and the death and burial of Garrissa senator yussuf haji who passed away yesterday and buried in accordance to Muslim customary.
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