𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐳𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐎𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐡

This evening, H.E. FCPA Governor Fernandes Barasa joined the family and residents of Budonga Village in Bunyala West Ward, Navakholo Constituency, to mourn the passing of the late Mzee Cornel Odero Okoth, father to Dr. Bonface Okoth, the Kakamega CECM for Public Service and County Administration.

Governor Barasa eulogized the late Mzee Odero as a courageous and hardworking man, famously remembered as “The Leopard Killer” for bravely slaying a wild leopard at the age of 25—a story that has lived on in local folklore.

While addressing mourners, the Governor announced that the Budonga Water Project is ongoing and will be fully commissioned in the next three months, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to improving access to clean water. He further revealed that the Mukama ECDE Centre is nearing completion and will be officially opened within a few weeks.

The Governor was accompanied by the First Lady, Prof. Janet Kassilly Barasa, a host of MCAs led by area MCA Hon. Sebastian Mang’eni, and members of the County Executive.