From: Ouko joachim omolo
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012
Late mama Kristina Oding Ouko has been removed from Dr Omboga Mortuary Nyamira Hospital to her home Miruka Masamro village. Holy mass begins at 5pm presided over by Rev Fr Frederick Otieno Osin, AJ, Regional Superior-Kenya Region assisted by Fr Joseph Okech, AJ. Tomorrow’s mass will be presided over by Vicar General, Homa Bay Catholic Diocese on behalf of Bishop Philip Anyolo.
Condolences continue to come in from Bishop John Oballa of the Catholic Diocese of Ngong, Fr Joseph Healey, MM, Fr Augustine Njuu, AJ, USA, Fr Denis Morosso, AJ, USA, Fr John Loboka, AJ, Councilor in-charge of Education and formation, Fr Aloysius Bukenya, AJ, Rector, Scholasticate-Langata, Fr Ben Vincent Awongo, AJ, Fr Gerry Mooij, Mill Hill Missionaries, Kisumu, Peres Were, Domitila Ayot, JPII, Amos Ochieng, JPII, Martin Meritim, JPII, Mr Joseph Ngala, PPA Director, Nyabonyi Kazungu, USA, Denis Radak, Felix Kasomo, Fidelis Damana, Maurice Oduor and Emily Omudho among others.
Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ
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Real change must come from ordinary people who refuse to be taken hostage by the weapons of politicians in the face of inequality, racism and oppression, but march together towards a clear and unambiguous goal.
-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ UN Disarmament Conference, 2002
From: Ouko joachim omolo
Date: Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Subject: News Dispatch
To: Ouko joachim omolo
KENYA: LAST CHAT WITH MUM KRISTINA ODING OUKO
From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2012
Though she had aged and looked weak, there was no sign that Mama Kristina Oding Ouko was going to die. I left Nairobi for home holiday on December 10, 2012 shortly after 6: 56 am and arrived few minutes to half past noon. I went straight to her bed and had a chat with her for almost 1 hour.
She looked weak but was able to ask me about Nairobi and whether I met her grandchildren before I came. She even knew that I have left Nairobi for new assignment. In the evening she became weaker and was not able to eat anything.
The following day December 11, 2012 together with my uncle George Mbadi Ombiri we left for Nyasore Primary School polling station to register as a voter. That was about 9 am and I had just chatted with my mum joking with her whether she had registered as a voter and nodded her head. I thought it was not true but by sister in-law Dorcas Amadi confirmed the voter registrars had come up to home to register her.
At about 11:30 she asked for soup, she was given but was not able to drink. At 12:39pm she was helped to take bath and was taken but to her bed. At 1:13pm I went to her bed to see her condition. This time along she was very weak and I knew my mum was leaving us. At 2:11pm she passed on as I watched with my cousin Octave Ouma. She died peacefully on her sleep.
I had to take her to Dr Omboga Mortuary, Nyamira Hospital. There was little indication that this would be the last chat with my mum. She had even requested me if I could drive her to her home in Kokwanyo in Rachuonyo South District to see where her younger brother Pete Ongiri was buried. He died last year but my mum was not able to attend the funeral.
My mum was not strong enough to travel even by private means. She could not stand on her own, bath, even though she could try to eat alone. This means that she was to help herself on her bed, taken care by two of my sister in-laws, Dorcas Amadi and Leonida Auma. When we were just arranging to employ a nurse to take care of her she passed on.
She needed a wheelchair badly and when my friend Dr Thomas Mwololo was arranging to get me one this could not be materialized since she had to leave us. Fr Silvester Arinaitwe, AJ in Uganda used to get wheelchair from charitable organizations but this time along they had stopped, even though he was willing to help.
My friend politician and presidential aspirant, Hon Martha Karua kept on asking me about the funeral arrangements-she was indeed touched to learn that she had passed on. Others who were touched included Hon Ruth Oniang’o, CEO, Kenya Commercial Bank, Mr Martin Oduor-Otieno, Fr Richard Quinn, MM, Fr John Conway, MM, Fr Gradus Ochieng of Bondo Catholic Mission who was her great friend among others.
Mama Kristina Oding Ouko was among the first to be baptized at Nyabondo Catholic Mission in 1940. She died at 102 years. She was born in to the late Mzee Ongiril and Mama Orua Ongiri in Kokwanyo Kiseke Rachuonyo South District. She was the second born among her siblings, namely, Francis Mingei, Lucas Owino, Kemuto Ongiri and Ogembe Ongiri (all deceased).
She grew up in a Christian family and was baptized at Nyabondo Mission Catholic Church in 1940 after marriage. She was married to the late Anthony Ouko Ombiri in 1930. They were blessed with six children, John Ogot Ouko, late Joseph Dete Ouko, Leonida Adongo Ouko, Pete Amadi Ouko, Rev Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, and the late Gaudensia Auma Ouko.
She started ailing in the year 2008 and was taken to Nyambondo Mission Hospital and was diagnosed with high blood pressure. She became well and was discharged. After then she often became sick and was treated at Nyamira District Hospital, Matata Hospital and Omboga Hospital in Nyamira.
Because God loved her so much, she was called to rest on December 11, 2012.
May God give us power so that we may overcome this enemy death (Gen 4:13-14)
Rest in peace Tina until we meet again- AMEN.
Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ
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Real change must come from ordinary people who refuse to be taken hostage by the weapons of politicians in the face of inequality, racism and oppression, but march together towards a clear and unambiguous goal.
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rest in peace mama Kristina.