County to set up Snake Park in Nyakach in memory of Omieri

Workers clean Omieri's body at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu on September 18, 2018, ahead of the planned public viewing of the once biggest snake in Luoland. The snake's remains were displayed during the Kenya National Commission for Unesco cultural celebrations in Kisumu. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

A family has donated land for the setting up of a snake park in memory of the legendary python, Omieri.

The one-acre parcel was donated by relatives of the late James Osumba. Omieri lived on the land belonging to Mr Osumba, who was a primary school teacher, for three months before its death in 1987.