Raila thrown into mourning hours after arriving in Kakamega as another ODM politician dies
The Orange party early Saturday lost its candidate for the South Gem ward.
According to the family spokesman Abala Wanga, the late politician, Nick Wanga died on Saturday at around 6 am at the Agha Khan hospital in Kisumu.
Abala who is the Kisumu City manager said his younger brother died while receiving treatment at the hospital where he was admitted three days ago.
“It is a sad day for us as a family to lose a young man who had a bright future ahead of him,” he said.
The 40-year-old politician is said to have died due to cerebral malaria according to his brother.
“He was fine. He was part of the team that met Jalang’o Midiwo at his home to discuss the way forward for the Gem constituency politics,” he said.
Last Sunday, the late Wanga met his campaign secretariat to lay strategies on how to clinch the South Gem ward seat.
The family spokesman said burial preparations will be communicated later.
“The body is lying at the Agha Khan Hospital as we begin meetings to plan for the burial,” he said.
The late Wanga met alongside along with his advertising and marketing marketing campaign secretariat on Sunday to set out ideas for worthwhile the South Gem ward seat. Preparations for the funeral, in response to the family spokeswoman, is perhaps launched later. As we start discussions to rearrange the burial, the physique stays to be on the Agha Khan Hospital, he said. He ran for the seat in 2013 and 2017, nonetheless the ODM ticket was defeated.
However, it’s anticipated that ODM will choose a particular candidate to run on its ticket in Wanga’s place after his passing. The social gathering’s representatives on the nationwide, county, and constituency locations of labor weren’t immediately obtainable for comment.
He was remembered as a visionary chief who sacrificed a lot to see his people succeed by his family and associates. Jalang’o Midiwo, certainly one of many Gem leaders who provided condolence messages, said the people of South Gem had misplaced a devoted and devoted chief.
