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Siaya Senator James Orengo, Governor Cornel Rasanga, Several MPs and Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa are in attendance.
Midiwo passed on two weeks ago while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital after he suffered from a cardiac arrest.
Midiwo, 54, served as the MP for Gem constituency between 2002 and 2017. Before his death, he was eyeing a political comeback ahead of the 2022 elections.
He was last seen in public when President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila launched a water project and a road project in Gem.
Prior to the 2017 elections, Midiwo fell out with Raila’s ODM party and decamped the party to contest as an independent.