Otieno Kajwang
| Otieno Kajwang | |
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| Member of the Kenyan Senate | |
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In office 28 March 2013 – 19 November 2014 | |
| Constituency | Homa Bay County |
| Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons | |
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In office 2008–2013 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
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In office 1998–2013 | |
| Constituency | Mbita |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 July 1959 Kenya |
| Died |
19 November 2014 (aged 55) Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | ODM |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Otieno & Faith Otieno |
| Relations | Brother to MP TJ Kajwang |
| Alma mater |
Makerere University (LLB) Kenya School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website |
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Gerald Otieno Kajwang (15 July 1959 – 19 November 2014) was a Kenyan politician. He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Mbita Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election.[1] In the bitterly contested 2013 elections, Otieno Kajwang was elected to represent Homa Bay County in the Senate of Kenya. Upon his death, his brother, Moses Otieno Kajwang won the election to succeed him in Parliament, representing Homa Bay.
Kajwang died on 19 November 2014 at Mater hospital after suffering cardiac arrest.[2] His other brother, Tom Joseph Kajwang, also serves as an MP, representing Ruaraka.
References
- ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ↑ Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang' dies. Retrieved 19 Nov 2014
External links
Speaker: Ekwee Ethuro - Deputy Speaker: Kembi Gitura - Majority Leader: Kindiki Kithure - Minority Leader: Moses Wetangula | |
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