By GAITANO PESSAMore by this AuthorFormer Amagoro MP Fredrick Oduya Oprong has died aged 83, his Son Isaac Oprong has confirmed. OJAAMONG'S MESSAGEBusia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong mourned Mr Oprong, praising him for his role in raising the region’s profile before and after Kenya’s independence. The governor noted that Mr Oprong was instrumental in getting Kenya’s first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta to visit the region. “Mzee Oduya was among the first leaders from the region to meet Mzee Jomo Kenyatta upon his release from detention in 1961. This culminated in (Mzee) Kenyatta holding the first rally in Western Kenya at Malaba border.

Source: Daily Nation May 26, 2019 07:18 UTC