Former Minister and former Alego Usonga MP Peter Oloo Aringo has passed away.
He died on Friday evening at a Nairobi hospital at the age of 83. The current Alego Usonga MP, Samuel Atandi, confirmed the news on his Facebook page, stating, “I break the sad news of the sudden demise of Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo, former Cabinet Minister and MP Alego Usonga. Hon. Aringo passed on this evening at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. May his soul rest in peace.”
Aringo served as the MP for Alego Constituency in Kenya’s National Assembly during two separate periods: from 1974 to 1988 and again from 1997 to 2002. He is remembered as the only leader to have served in the parliamentary docket for a total of 25 years.
Born in 1941, Oloo Aringo attended St. Mary’s School in Yala, Kenya.