Oscar Sudi
MP
Member of Parliament for Kapseret
Assumed office
4 March 2013
Majority27,601 (55.6%)
Personal details
NationalityKenyan
Political partyUDA Party

Oscar Kipchumba Sudi is a Kenyan politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Kapseret constituency, representing the Jubilee Party. He is part of the ruling party, UDA, and is a friend to the fifth president of Kenya, William Ruto.[1]

Education

Sudi attended Olympic Primary School . He later joined the matatu industry as a tout then driver in the Kesses - Eldoret route. He ran for office of Member of parliament winning in 2012 general elections and in 2017 general elections however in In 2022 a case was filed in court challenging the credibility of his alleged academic level and documents. Oscar Sudi's academic documents are questionable according to investigations by EACC. His documents were nullified today.

Political career

From 2013 to 2017 he was a member of the Departmental Committee on Lands, the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee and the Procedure and House Rules Committee. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Departmental Committee on Energy.[1]

In September 2020 he was accused of hate speech towards Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and a disturbance occurred when locals used logs and stones to prevent police from accessing his home to arrest him. He surrendered himself to a police station on 13 September.[2][3][4]

Election results

General election 2017: Kapseret[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jubilee Oscar Kipchumba Sudi 35,340 71.1
KANU John Joseah Rono Kipkurui 7,739 15.6
Independent John Kipkoech Rotich 4,818 9.7
Labour Party of Kenya Christopher Kiplagat Serem 1,060 2.1
Independent Joel Kipkemboi Bett 714 1.4
Majority 27,601 55.6

References

  1. 1 2 "Hon. Sudi, Oscar Kipchumba". Kenyan Parliament. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ↑ "MP Oscar Sudi held 2 more days in hate speech case". Daily Nation. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. ↑ "MP Oscar Sudi Arrested After Presenting Himself To Police In Kapseret". Citizen News. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi finally surrenders to police". Daily Nation. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. ↑ Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-08-28.


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