Fredrick Oduya Oprong

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Fredrick Oduya Oprong (1936 – May 25, 2019)^[1] was a former Kenyan legislator and assistant minister who was awarded the Head of State's Commendation (HSC- Civilian Division) for his contribution towards national development.

Biography

Oprong was among politicians who joined Jaramogi Oginga Odinga to press for the release of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and others from detention before independence. At the independence elections, he was elected MP for the then Busia North Constituency. As a pre-independence trade unionist, Mr Oprong had founded the Kenya Quarry and Mines Workers Union, hence Kenyatta appointed him assistant minister for Labour. He later lost his parliamentary seat, only to recapture it in 1992.

In 1993, Oduya Oprong, who was MP for

He never fully recovered from the attack and still lived with a shrapnel in his head following doctors' advice that complete removal could cause death.^[1]

References

External links

• Property Kenya
• Nation Audio
• KRA Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Former assistant minister Oduya Oprong dies at KNH