Ex-Minister to be laid to rest.
Ex-Minister and Uhuru's kin Hon Arthur Aggrey Ochwada, is set to be laid to rest today.
Former assistant Minister succumbed to death at Kisumu after a long illness.
political life
Hon. Ochwada, served as the Member of Parliament for Busia Central (present day Funyula) constituency, for a one year term that is between 1969 and 1974.
He was married to Lucy Nyokabi, a daughter of the President’s half-brother, the late Peter Muigai Kenyatta.
According to his nephew, Patrick Odongo,the veteran politician died at the Aga Khan Hospital on Thursday night at the age of 87 , while undergoing treatment for ailments including diabetes and high blood pressure.
The late, joined politics in the early 1960's and was elected the first deputy national treasurer of the then Independence party, KANU.
He was elected to Parliament in 1969 alongside his father in-law, Peter, the first-born son of Mzee Kenyatta. Mzee Kenyatta rewarded the two close friends with ministerial positions and Ochwada was appointed assistant minister for Natural Resources and Fisheries.
The late politician, served for only one term before being dislodged by Julia Ojiambo and later his own first cousin and ninth vice-president, Moody Awori.
He is however set to be burried today at his home in Busia County.
Ex-Minister and Uhuru's kin Hon Arthur Aggrey Ochwada, is set to be laid to rest today.
Former assistant Minister succumbed to death at Kisumu after a long illness.
Hon. Ochwada, served as the Member of Parliament for Busia Central (present day Funyula) constituency, for a one year term that is between 1969 and 1974.
He was married to Lucy Nyokabi, a daughter of the President’s half-brother, the late Peter Muigai Kenyatta.
According to his nephew, Patrick Odongo,the veteran politician died at the Aga Khan Hospital on Thursday night at the age of 87 , while undergoing treatment for ailments including diabetes and high blood pressure.
The late, joined politics in the early 1960's and was elected the first deputy national treasurer of the then Independence party, KANU.
He was elected to Parliament in 1969 alongside his father in-law, Peter, the first-born son of Mzee Kenyatta. Mzee Kenyatta rewarded the two close friends with ministerial positions and Ochwada was appointed assistant minister for Natural Resources and Fisheries.
The late politician, served for only one term before being dislodged by Julia Ojiambo and later his own first cousin and ninth vice-president, Moody Awori.
He is however set to be burried today at his home in Busia County.
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