Published on March 24, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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Former Kisumu Town constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Rev. Ken Nyagudi, has passed away after a long illness.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula confirmed his demise on his official X account on Sunday, March 24.
According to the speaker, the former MP passed on on Sunday while undergoing treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital’s private wing.
“I send my heartfelt sympathies to the family of former Kisumu Town West MP Rev. Kenn Nyagudi. I was privileged to have interacted with him when I was the Foreign Affairs Minister,” he said.
“He passed away this evening while undergoing treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital. May his family be consoled and find comfort in the Lord’s arms,” he added.
Nyagudi’s demise comes almost a month after former Baringo North MP Willy Rotich Kamuren passed away while receiving treatment in Nairobi on Friday, February 28, 2025.
Nyagudi was elected in a 2004 by-election following the death of Joab Omino in January of the same year. He served the remainder of the term but lost the 2007 election to Olago Aluoch.
During his tenure, Kisumu Town remained intact until the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC), led by Andrew Ligale, split it into Kisumu Central and Kisumu West constituencies.
In the 2013 elections, after the adoption of the new constitution, Nyagudi contested the Kisumu Central MP seat but lost to political newcomer Ken Obura.
Following his exit from politics, Nyagudi ventured into business and largely stayed out of the public eye.
After quitting, politics he was runnning a thriving fish, horticulture, poultry, tomato, dairy and bee farm that has created jobs for many youth and women.
Nyagudi was operating one of the largest greenhouse farms in Nyanza where he grew succulent tomatoes and fruits popular in the local market.
“I started this right after quitting politics in 2007. This is one of the best decisions I made. People think wealth is in politics but having been on both sides of the divide I can say gold is in the farms,” he said in an interview with Smart Harvest an agriculture column in The Standard newspaper.
