End of an era as celebrated icon Phoebe Asiyo is laid to rest

The hearse carring the body of veteran politician Phoebe Asiyo arrives at Wii Kondiek village in Homa Bay county. [Miachel Mute, Standard]

She was an icon to behold. A trailblazer who inspired lives and rolled out the carpet so that others could walk. A heroine deserving a State burial.

Those were some of the moving tributes for the late Karachuonyo MP Phoebe Asiyo as thousands of mourners converged at Wii Kondiek village in Homa Bay to witness her last sendoff.