National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has eulogised his brother while calling on politicians to avoid politicising the funeral of his late elder brother, Mwalimu James Mukhwana Wetang'ula.
Speaking at his brother's home in Tuuti Kibabii, Bungoma County, on Thursday, December 18, 2025, following a requiem mass at Kibabii Catholic Church, the Speaker made a passionate appeal for peace and dignity during the burial ceremony.
"I want to eulogise my brother in peace and dignity, and hope he will go to heaven to prepare for us who are still here. As we plan to lay my brother to rest tomorrow, I want to tell you that we will not condone politics here; we want to escort him in peace," Speaker Wetang'ula stated.
He urged leaders to emulate examples from other parts of the country where funerals are conducted without political rhetoric.
The Speaker described his late brother as the best sibling anyone could have, recounting their close bond growing up.
"This is my brother; we grew up in our mother's house, and we were closer in age and in many ways. We have never answered back or been upset with each other; he is the best brother anybody can have," he said.
Speaker Wetang'ula praised his brother's selfless service to the nation, particularly in the education sector, where he mentored many professionals in the region.
Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi, the younger brother of both, eulogised the late Mwalimu as a man who spoke little but with facts.
Several leaders, including Kibabii MP John Makali and Bungoma County Assembly Speaker Emanuel Situma, attended the requiem mass.
The late Mwalimu Mukhwana was laid to rest on Friday, December 19, 2025, at his home in Kibabii Tuuti, Bungoma County.
Mukhwana's demise is the second death in the family in the space of a year. In late December 2024, the family laid to rest Anne Nanyama Wetang’ula, the matriarch and mother of Wetang’ula and Wanyonyi, after a prolonged illness.
Her death drew national attention, with senior government leaders attending her burial in Bungoma County, and she was widely remembered for her role in raising a generation of leaders and serving her community with quiet strength.
