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Leaders condemn BBI politics at Governor Nyagarama s burial

THE STANDARD By Betty Njeru | December 24th 2020 at 14:50:06 GMT +0300 Politicians were caned for  talking BBI politics during the burial of Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama  on Thursaday. Kisii Senator Prof Sam Ongeri condemned some leaders who had begun politicking instead of condoling with the family and friends. Ongeri, who remembered the late Nyagarama as a man of peace, told mourners that they should be thankful for all the help they had gotten especially from the National Government. “I’m yet to see a funeral of this magnitude where the Head of State, ODM Party boss and the entire government machinery is involved. For me this is an indication of peace and goodwill,” he said.

Raila spells out his legacy as he mourns Nyagarama

THE STANDARD By Mercy Asamba | December 24th 2020 at 16:12:26 GMT +0300 Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for peace and a united nation as he mourned the late Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama.  The ODM Party leader sang a Luo dirge and chanted, Jowi! Jowi! described the fallen governor as a fierce lion. Jowi is Dholuo for buffalo, in this case referring to the stature of  the fallen man of repute. “We have lost a brave friend, comrade in arms… He was a man of few words and loved development,” he said. The ODM leader was also quick to remind Kenyans to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which he said is aimed at uniting Kenyans.

Governor Nyagarama s burial underway in Nyamira

THE STANDARD By Eric Abuga | December 24th 2020 at 09:38:46 GMT +0300 Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama s body has been airlifted to his Riamonoti home in Borabu Constituency this morning. The body left Lee Funeral Home some minutes past 8am in a Kenya police chopper whch landed at Riamanoti Primary School shortly after 9am. Family members receive Governor Nyagarama’s body at Riamanoti Primary School in Borabu Constituency. [Eric Abuga, Standard] The family will hold brief prayers before proceeding to Nyamira Primary school grounds where the funeral service will be held under the leadership of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church where the deceased was an  elder.

All I want is only peace, Raila says in Nyagarama burial

THE STANDARD By Mercy Asamba | December 24th 2020 at 16:12:26 GMT +0300 Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for peace and a united nation as he mourned the late Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama.  The ODM Party leader sang a Luo dirge and chanted, Jowi! Jowi! described the fallen governor as a fierce lion. Jowi is Dholuo for buffalo, in this case referring to the stature of  the fallen man of repute. “We have lost a brave friend, comrade in arms… He was a man of few words and loved development,” he said. The ODM leader was also quick to remind Kenyans to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which he said is aimed at uniting Kenyans.

Uhuru asks for document that Nyagarama didn t get to read

THE STANDARD By Stanley Ongwae | December 25th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Governor John Nyagarama’s family, led by his widow Naomi (second right), watch as his body is removed from a police chopper at his Riamanoti rural home in Nyamira County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday sent for a missing memorandum that the late John Nyagarama failed to read after being heckled during a presidential event two months ago. Opposition leader Raila Odinga and Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i asked Nyamira County leaders to find the document, which remained in the hands of the governor, and give it to the president.

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