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The late Senator Ben Oluoch Okello while on the radio. [Photo/nairobinews.nation.co.ke] The late Senator Migori Ben Oluoch Okello will be buried on Monday at his home in Kanyimach Village, Rongo County, Migori County.
Okello was elected on August 8, replacing Wilfred Machage.
Machage did not defend the Senate seat last year, but
instead competed for the seat of the Kuria West Parliament and lost to Mathias Robi, the Jubilee holder.
His body was transported to Migori. County on Sunday morning and received by Governor Okoth Obado among other leaders at the Lichota landing strip
The former radio presenter died on June 19 while he was there. was undergoing treatment at the MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi.
He becomes the first senator to die in power after the 2017 general election.
Residents of Migori County should return to the polls to elect his successor.
Before joining politics, Okello was a morning show. presenter at Ramogi FM Royal Media.
The station broadcasting in Dholuo language is very popular in the counties of Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Siaya.
He was popularly known as BOO (initials of Ben Oluoch Okello) by his radio fans.
He previously worked for Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).
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