Innocent Obiri Explained

Innocent Obiri
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of Parliament for Bobasi
Term Start:8 August 2017
Majority:6,634 (9.8%)
Party:Peoples Democratic Party
Alma Mater:University of Nairobi
Nationality:Kenyan

Innocent Momanyi Obiri is a Kenyan politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Bobasi constituency, representing the Peoples Democratic Party.[1]

He attended Aga Khan High School in Mombassa and the University of Nairobi before working as a quantity surveyor prior to entering parliament.[1] He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 general election with 37.7% of the vote.[2]

In 2018 he was arrested along with one of his bodyguards on suspicion of causing a disturbance at a quarry.[3] In 2019 he was arrested on suspicion of corruption in relation to the construction of the Lake Basin mall in Kisumu.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Innocent Momanyi Obiri. Kenyan Parliament. 2020-09-14.
  2. Book: Data Report of 2017 Elections . Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. . 2020-04-01. 2020-08-28.
  3. Web site: Bobasi MP Momanyi Arrested For Causing Disturbance At Quarry. Citizen TV. 2018-05-13. 2020-09-14.
  4. Web site: Bobasi MP Obiri arrested over inflated Ksh.4B Lake Basin mall tender. Citizen TV. 2020-09-14. 2019-09-06.