9th Parliament Now Has Record For Number Of Deaths Of Sitting MPs…
…But Why?
As I was posting today's commentary, news was still trickling in about details for the burial of six members of parliament who lost their lives in the Marsabit plane crash.
The MPs were on a mission to reconcile warring local factions.
Those killed in the crash were assistant ministers Mirugi Kariuki and Titus Ngoyoni; Dr Bonaya Godana who was deputy Leader of the Official Opposition, MPs Guracha Galgalo and Abdi Sasura and regional Assembly member Abdullahi Adan.
The 9th parliament now holds the record for the highest deaths of sitting MPs which started very shortly after the elections with a Plane crash in Busia which killed a cabinet minister. It has been followed by scores of other deaths including that of a sitting Vice president, for the first time in the history of the nation. This was the death of Michael Kijana Wamalwa at a London hospital.
The superstitious ones will say it is because this is probably the parliament that has disappointed the electorate the most after such high hopes when they started off in January 2003.
The latest tragedy has had one very positive result, and that is to unite all Members of Parliament in grief. We can now have a little peace as it will take quite some time for them to start going for each other’s jugular again.
Meanwhile Parliament has been adjourned until all MPs who lost their lives are buried.
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