- Fredrick Oduya Oprong
Fredrick Oduya Oprong, born in
1936 ,is formerKenya n legislator and assistant minister who was awarded the Head of State’s Commendation(HSC- Civilian Division) for his contribution towards national development. Mr Oprong was among politicians who joinedJaramogi Oginga Odinga to press for the release of MzeeJomo Kenyatta and others from detention before independence. At the independence elections, he was elected MP for the thenBusia 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 forAmagoro Constituency and assistant minister for Economic Planning and National Development, nearly lost his life when he was shot by unknown gunmen. He was rushed toNairobi Hospital , then transferred toLondon accompanied by a nurse provided by PresidentDaniel arap Moi and thereafter to a hospital in New York where he regained consciousness after three months.He never fully recovered from the attack and today still lives with ashrapnel in his head following doctors' advice that complete removal could cause death.External links
*News Article
* [http://www.propertykenya.com/news/476579-ex-mp-nurses-bullet-14-years-after-attack]
* [http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/170999/News/News4.html]
* [http://www.kra.go.ke/pdf/news/BIOGRAPHY%20OF%20THOSE%20AWARDED.pdf]
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