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Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori laid to rest

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho's brother Abubakar Joho consoles Likoni MP Mishi Mboko as Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir looks on at Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa, on March 9, 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori has been buried at his Gazi home in Kwale county.
 
He died on Monday morning while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa. 
 
Dori was buried at around 4.30pm after final prayers according to Muslim rites.
 
Politicians led by Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya attended.
 
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi, ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, Kwale Senator Issa Juma Boy and Lamu Woman Representative Ruweida Obbo were present.
 
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s condolence message was read out by National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale.
 
Suba South's John Mbadi passed ODM leader Raila Odinga’s tribute at the funeral that was also attended by MPs Aisha Jumwa, Mishi Mboko, Khatib Mwashetani, Benjamin Tayari and Paul Katana among others.
 
Dori's ODM party eulogised him as a people’s servant whose death is a huge loss to Msambweni and Kwale County.

He was born on October 19, 1977, in Msambweni.

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