An article on a Kenyan paper early this morning had revealed that the undying supporter of ODM famously known as mama chungwa was all alone in handling her sons burial.
When they were admitted in hospital in March, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko came to her aid and paid the medical bills for Boniface, who is still on medication. “What baffled me is that only Senator Millicent Omanga and the governor came me and my sons,” Akinyi said according to the paper.
However ODM party has come to the rescue as seen in their twitter post. They have pledged to support her during the trying moment as she visited them to pate them on the funeral arrangements for her son Victor Otieno.
Roselyne Akinyi aka Mama Chungwa visited the Party Hq this morning to give us the update on the funeral arrangements for her son Victor Otieno who passed on early this week. The Party has pledged to support Mama Chungwa during this trying moment. pic.twitter.com/TVgW2Y0muU
— The ODM Party (@TheODMparty) October 26, 2018
Her last born son, Boniface Otieno, was admitted first at Mbagathi Hospital on February 26, then the eldest son, Victor Otieno, 44, followed on March 8. Both suffered from meningitis.she lost the eldest one and it pains her that she wasn’t able to save him.
Both men were matatu drivers on the Eastleigh number 4 route before they fell sick.
Most of those who know her do so because of her over the top fanatical devotion to Opposition leader Raila Odinga and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.Such is her devotion to the party and its symbol the orange that she wants the fruit put in her grave when she is buried.
Her love for the party is evidenced by enormous photographs of Raila Odinga and other NASA co-principals hanging on her walls, and the brightly-painted orange walls. Her ringtone ‘Raila Tibiim’, a song in praise of the party leader, fires her up every time the phone rings. “I used to go into a frenzy whenever I heard this song playing anywhere; I love it.”
She said she got her colourful costumes from a Chinese supplier.
Each bundle of the oranges cost her Sh 500. Akinyi said she has followed all the ODM rallies for the past 10 years, and confessed her passion for the political party was like a second religion. “When you cut my skin, it is not blood that will ooze out, but orange juice,” she said emphatically.