Former cabinet minister and former Member of Parliament Oloo Aringo has passed on.
The former Alego Usonga MP died on Friday, November 1, according to MP Sam Atandi.
According to Atandi, Aringo passed away while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.
“Aringo passed on this evening at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi,” Atandi revealed
Oloo Aringo served as the Member of Parliament for Alego Constituency across two distinct periods: first from 1974 to 1988, and later from 1997 to 2002.
He was also a Minister for Education under President Daniel Arap Moi. He was a central figure in implementing the 8-4-4 education system.
Aringo presented bills in Parliament that were enacted into law to make Moi, Maseno and Egerton universities into public institutions.
In addition, a deliberate policy was approved by the Government and promoted to start institutes of technology through fundraising in the eight provinces, namely Nairobi, Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza, Central, Eastern, North Eastern, and Coast under his rule
Deputy Chief of Staff in the Executive Office of the President Eliud Owalo has since eulogized the former Minister as “an eloquent and intelligent Cabinet Minister; an Avid Debator during his stint as MP; and subsequently as a pioneer of Kenya’s Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).”
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