Former Kisii MP Is Dead, Family Confirms
Simon Ogari, the former Bomachoge and Bomachoge Chache Member of Parliament (MP), has died.
The 68-year-old two-time legislator died on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at his home in Karen, Nairobi.
Between 2008 and 2017, the former Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MP represented two different constituencies in parliament’s tenth and eleventh sessions.
Who Was Ogari?
Ogari was part of the ODM party. In a 2009 by-election, he was elected MP for Bomachoge on an ODM ticket.
In the 2013 General Election, Ogari was re-elected as the first MP to represent the newly created Bomachoge Chache Constituency under the 2010 Constitution.
He also served as Transport Assistant Minister in 2010, and later as Assistant Minister of Information and Communications in the grand coalition government from 2012 to 2013, after being appointed by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Kisii County Senator Richard Onyonka used social media to express his condolences for the former ODM MP, describing him as a polite, kind, and selfless leader who was simple to a fault.
I served with Hon. Simon Ogari in the 10th and 11th Parliament. He was a polite, kind and selfless man who was simple to a fault.
— Senator Richard Onyonka (@RichardOnyonka_) September 10, 2024
My heart goes to the family, the people of Bomachoge and Kisii County as a whole. pic.twitter.com/NXIW11GsB9
“It is with great sorrow that I learn of the passing of Hon. Simon Ogari, former MP for Bomachoge,” Onyonka stated.
“He was a polite, kind and selfless man who was simple to a fault. Besides being a good leader and colleague, he was my personal friend for many years.
“I served with Hon Simon Ogari in the 10th and 11th Parliament. He was a polite, kind and selfless man who was simple to a fault. My heart goes to the family, the people of Bomachoge and Kisii County as a whole.”
Former Kisii MP Is Dead, Family Confirms
