A Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Oloo Aringo who served under Former President Daniel Arap Moi has been confirmed dead.
According to reports, Oloo Aringo who is the former Alego Usonga member of Parliament was confirmed dead on Friday according to family and friends who are privy to the matter.
While breaking the sad news, Member of Parliament Sam Atandi through his Twitter account said that Aringo passed away while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.
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“I break the sad news of the sudden demise of Oloo Aringo, former Cabinet Minister, & MP Alego Usonga. Aringo passed on this evening at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.”
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 and during his time as Minister for Education under President Daniel Arap Moi.
He was a central figure in implementing the 8-4-4 education system, a major overhaul that reshaped Kenya’s educational structure and remains a significant part of his legacy in the public sector.
It was also Aringo who presented bills in Parliament that were enacted into law to make Moi, Maseno and Egerton universities into public institutions and also 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 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.
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He attended St. Mary’s School in Yala, Kenya before graduating with as first-class bachelor’s degree in history, economics and politics at the University of Nairobi and was 83 years at the time of his death.