Writes Leo Odera Omolo
The newly created Awendo parliamentary electoral constituency has attracted another parliamentary hopeful whose candidature is so unique and likely to attract members of the sugar cane farming fraternity.
He is the 42 year-old Seth Odiwuor Okoth who apart from being an accountant by profession is also a prominent sugar cane farmer within the locality.
Photo of Mr. Seth Odiwuor Okoth, a parliamentary hopefull for the newly created Awendo constituency seat in Migori County
Born in 1970 in Rabuor Kogelo in what used to be Sakwa East Location within Migori County, Okoth received his early education at Rabuor Primary School before proceeding to Kamagambo High School. He joined the Moi Institute of Technoo0gy{MIT} in Rongo and enrolled in the accountancy studies and later studied accountancy in Nyeri and wound up at Kimathi Institute of Advance Technology from where he proceeded to the prestigious Hong Kong University.
This is the University when he encountered some problems with the Hong Kong Immigration authorities forcing him to cut short his study tour and returned home his happened at the time when he had already enrolled for a law degree course
Despite of the shortcomings, Okoth finalized his CPA 11 and later completed CPA11.A staunchest ++ supporter of the ODM, the aspirant until last month was the Rongo district branch treasurer of the party. He only relinquished his position the other day after realizing that he was going to contest.
Okoth ‘s candidature is so unique that he is the only a farmer-cum-politician who is the race contesting a parliamentary seat and an area which forms the better ray hope to cane growers in the region that this time around thee will be some who will be tackling their problems t the highest level.
.Other aspirants are people who have excelled in other fields and professionals. They are well established in big job either with the government of parastatals and quasi government organizations.
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Peaking during an exclusive interview this writer, Okoth decried what he termed as the row deal the cane farmers were getting from sugar millers who cares very little about the cane farmer’s predicament. As a farmer, he has gained a lot of experience and well versed how the cane farmers, were being mistreated impoverished and enslaved by unscrupulous millers who makes huge profit from their sweats.
Awendo constituency is one of the 80 constituencies which were recently created by IEBC and approved by Parliament. It was curved out of the old Rongo constituency. It has also attracted other aspirants who include Fred Otieno Kopiyo who is the Principal of Gamba Secondary School, John Owuor who the Personal Assistant to the Minister for Public Service Dr and others.
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