President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence and comfort to the family of a Jubilee Lawmaker who died while attending a training in Mumbai, India.
Cyrus Omondi, the Kahawa Wendani MCA died on Wednesday night.
State House on Thursday morning confirmed that the head of state had comforted the family of the deceased.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence and comfort to the family of Kahawa Wendani MCA Cyrus Omondi. The Jubilee Party ward representative died while attending a training in Mumbai, India,” reads a post by State House.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence and comfort to the family of Kahawa Wendani MCA Cyrus Omondi. The Jubilee Party ward representative died while attending a training in Mumbai, India.
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) February 13, 2020
Omondi was found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai.
Confirming the news of the lawmaker’s demise on Wednesday night, the Speaker for Kiambu County Assembly Stephen Ndichu said that Mr Omondi passed on after suffering a heart attack.
News of his death hit his colleagues, who were also in India, hard that they reportedly switched off their phones, leaving their counterparts in Kenya to find out about the incident via social media
The deceased was among members of the county assembly Education committee who had gone for a seminar in India.
Omondi rose from humble beginnings, working as a mechanic in Kahawa before his rise in politics where he clinched the Kahawa Wendani seat in 2017 after failing in his first attempt in 2013.