The First and to be the only time I saw Sen.Kajwang (as we say eye to eye)was in
2008 at an homecoming rally of former Uriri Mp Omollo Ojwang.He jumped onto the podium and with his trademark fly whisk and melodious tune that excited the deeper
souls of the attendees ‘Bado mapambano….Vijana Msilale’he did not dissapoint.
Deeper into the lyrics of the mapambano song was a great urging to fellow youths like us that would stir my attraction to politics to date.
Did
you know that it was Kajwang and Ruto who began opposing the Kilifi
draft at Ndolo's constituency that led to the fromation of the Orange movement and the consequent ODM party.Hmm, this man Nyakwar Nyakwamba had a rhetoric that tackled even
the highest pillars.
But
like other sons of ours that we have lent to Nairobi since the times of
Tom Mboya,he too had to return home dead unfortunately. Oh Death where is thy sting?Like Jaramogi's famous quote "Kenya is Marwa",Kajwang' would wonder if there is "Passionometer" for measuring peoples passion towards their jobs.His articulation of words characterized by a bit of an accent from the lakeside and African nature of pronouncing all the syllables made him a humorous politician.Surely when Kajwang' said 'Pamna uru' meaning 'clap for me',you would clap even when you are crying.
He mesmerized
the people of Mbita constituency served them to his uttermost loyalty that they elected him thrice to
represent them as their member of parliament.The Homabay people would later elect him as their Senator,the post he served till his sudden demise.But,Kajwang' wasn't a self centered leader who would feel satisified beacuse of the senatorial seat.Mapambano had and has not been won yet.And so with his zeal he continued to urge us not to sleep. At a time when greed for power and fake pyschophancy threatened to tear ODM apart ,Kajwang would swallow a humble pie and criticize the events to the letter.
He was married to the Orange party and far most one of the most loyal party members of the party.Kajwang is like a husband who has died and left the wife pregnant.The pregnant wife is the Orange party and the boy to be born is the president come 2017.And as he said 'bado mapambano'.
I didn't say I just mourned;
Adios son of Ajwang'.
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