From naughty MCA to MP: How controversial Ouda weaved his way to power

Some of the schools that have benefited from the Kisumu Central NG-CDF projects. [Standard]

He once stripped at the Siaya County Assembly, grabbing news headlines and earning a three-week suspension from the chambers — all in the name of showing his love for his party leader Raila Odinga.

This was in June 2015 and Fred Ouda, then MCA for Gem Central, was protesting an alleged abusive tweet directed at Raila by a man who had parodied Deputy President William Ruto’s Twitter account. This act earned him his political nickname “Dugi dugi” (the naked one), which has stuck as his political signature tune to date.