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ELISHA ODHIAMBO: Nyanza governors must wake up to new realities

The killing of Were is a test of Kenya’s moral and political fabric

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by ELISHA ODHIAMBO

News18 May 2025 - 13:04
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MPs carry the body of colleague Ong’ondo Were to Consolata Church for a requiem mass /EZEKIEL AMINGA

The brutal assassination of Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were, gunned down in his car at a Nairobi traffic stop, is a grotesque stain on Kenya’s conscience. Such violence against a sitting lawmaker demands not only outrage but collective introspection.

Yet even as the nation reels, Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga, chairperson on ODM, chose a path of division, declaring that members of President William Ruto’s UDA would be barred from the MP’s funeral. 

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