More information has emerged detailing Bonchari MP John Oroo Oyioka's last moments before his death on Monday, February 15.
The legislator's widow Teresa Oroo, on Tuesday, February 16, disclosed that Oroo had suffered a stroke and had been ailing for a long period of time.
The illness saw him get admitted at the Aga Khan hospital in Kisumu, where he condition deteriorated.
"On Monday, he suffered the second stroke, and that is what killed him. He never woke up again," she recalled.
Oroo described her husband as a man who valued education, and his passing was a great loss to her and her family. The MP has left behind six children.
The MP's body was transferred to Lee Funeral home in Nairobi where the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) will take over the burial plans.
President Uhuru Kenyatta eulogised the MP as an accomplished educator and determined legislator.
Uhuru described him as a determined leader who always sought and worked for the improvement of his constituents through education.
“It is a pity that death has robbed us a determined and progressive grassroots leader who used his long experience as a teacher and administrator to develop his constituents through education.
“Hon Oyioka's love for education is demonstrated in his setting up of a private teachers college to serve his community after his retirement from public service. That was a selfless leader who knew and appreciated the transformative value of empowering the youth through education," the President stated.
Oyioka, a retired teacher and education official, was a second-term MP elected on a People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket and died at Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu hospital.
