{"id":915811,"date":"2022-01-13T02:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/13\/korogocho-ward-to-hold-by-election-after-mca-naftali-ogola-owuors-death\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T02:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:08:03","slug":"korogocho-ward-to-hold-by-election-after-mca-naftali-ogola-owuors-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/korogocho-ward-to-hold-by-election-after-mca-naftali-ogola-owuors-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Korogocho ward to hold by-election after MCA Naftali Ogola Owuor’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Korogocho ward in Nairobi is now headed for a by-election following the death of area MCA Naftali Ogola Owuor (pictured).<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

Ogola, 61, died a fortnight ago after a long illness. He was elected in 2017 on an ODM ticket. <\/p>\n

The Independence Electoral and Boundaries Commission is expected to gazette a date and conduct a by-election within 90 days.\n<\/p>\n

Speaker Benson Mutura is also set to officially declare the position vacant when the assembly resumes from recess in February.<\/p>\n

Nairobi Governor Anne Kananu eulogised Ogola as a resolute leader who was keen on improving the livelihoods of his constituents.\n<\/p>\n

“I remember Hon Owuor Ogola as a vibrant member of the Sectoral Committee on Planning and Housing who served his constituents diligently and wholeheartedly. The assembly has lost a dedicated legislature,” said Ms Kananu.\n<\/p>\n

“On behalf of the people of Nairobi County and on my own behalf, I want to convey my heartfelt sympathies to Hon Ogola\u2019s family, friends and his colleagues at the assembly. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this trying time,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Assembly Minority Chief whip Peter Imwatok said Ogola was a loyal member of ODM and his demise has shocked the assembly.\n<\/p>\n

Majority Leader Abdi Guyo said the House had lost a dignified and diligent leader whose personality always stood out.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Korogocho ward in Nairobi is now headed for a by-election following the death of area MCA Naftali Ogola Owuor (pictured). Ogola, 61, died a fortnight ago after a long illness. He was elected in 2017 on an ODM ticket. The Independence Electoral and Boundaries Commission is expected to gazette a date and conduct a by-election […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}