Omieri, the python, was a celeb

Omieri the python

This revered python among the Luo people became a national sensation 30 years ago. It was debated in Parliament and when it died, a condolence book was opened at the Kaloleni Social Hall and the Kisumu National Museum. Its death made national headlines.

Omieri appeared when Kenya was having a landmark legal battle, the SM Otieno burial dispute in 1987 pitting Wambui Otieno, a Kikuyu, and her late Luo hubby’s Umira Kager clan.