Tribute to Gerald Otieno Kajwang’, the Senator no one dared to ignore
I write today to mourn Senator Gerald Otieno Kajwang’ of Homa Bay. Otieno Nyakwar Nyakwamba. Otieno DeLoks, as I used to call him, meaning “Okil Kamaloka”, which in Dho-Luo simply means “the lawyer who can turn everything around, so even a lie becomes the truth.”
Mourning somebody who has passed on in Luo culture is more than just weeping. There are ingredients of mourning which accompany others like praising, remembering the past, celebrating the life, chasing away the evil spirits which bring bad luck (hence “tero buru”) and coming together with relatives and friends to say goodbye at burial time.
To do all this in writing is not easy. But I will cry Nyakwar Nyakwamba through the written word so that future generations will remember this great son of Kenya, this orator, this mover of crowds, this fighter who stood tall in the struggle for our Second Liberation.
At the University of Nairobi in the late seventies and early eighties progressive forces, among both students and staff, did not take kindly to the authoritarian regimes that Kanu presided over.
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Education
Makerere University.
Career
In the bitterly contested elections, Otieno Kajwang was elected to represent Homa Bay County in the Senate of Kenya. Kajwang died on 19 November at Mater hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. He was the brother to Ruaraka Member of Parliament Tom Joseph Kajwang.
Politics
He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Mbita Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the December parliamentary election.
Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang’ dies after suffering heart attack
| The late Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang. |
Nairobi, Kenya: The outspoken Homabay Senator Gerald Otieno Kajwang has died. Kajwang' passed on Tuesday night at Mater Hospital in Nairobi due to cardiac arrest.
According to family sources, the former immigration minister developed breathing complications at his Runda home and was rushed to his personal physician at Mater. He was 55 years old.
Cord leader Raila Odinga announced the demise of one of his most trusted loyalists on his twitter account saying; “It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the death of Ndugu Otieno Kajwang (Nyakwarnyakwamba).”
According to his brother TJ Kajwang’, who is the Ruaraka MP, the ODM senator was taken to the hospital at about 9pm after complaining of chest pains while at home, and was declared dead two hours later.
His body will be moved from the Mater hospital to lee funeral home Wednesday morning as friends, colleagues and family mourn the fallen politician. He is well remembered for his trade mark ‘Bado Mapampano’ political slogan.
“So shocked that my colleague
Among the individuals who served in President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet, a few stood out from the rest. They had their own way of making their presence felt wherever they went and whatever they did.
One such charismatic Minister was the towering Gerald Otieno Kajwang.
Kajwang’s trademark hearty laughter and sense of humour made him irresistible even among his political foes, who named him a ‘political comedian’; many did not take him seriously because of the way he clowned in public.
When he died in November the political class united to mourn the eloquent debater, patriot and nationalist who turned political gatherings into mass songfests and a man who commanded a presence whenever he walked into a room or on to a political podium.
He was a good dancer, a very jolly guy and outgoing. You could not hate him even when you wanted to
“He was a good dancer, a very jolly guy and outgoing. You could not hate him even when you wanted to,” his former Cabinet colleague, now Isiolo Governor Mohamed Kuti, recalls.
Another Cabinet colleague, current Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong’o, wrote in The Standard newspaper, “I write today to mourn Senator Gerald Otieno Kajwang’ of Homa Bay
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