Innocent Obiri

Innocent Obiri
MP
Member of Parliament for Bobasi
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2017
Majority6,634 (9.8%)
Personal details
NationalityKenyan
Political partyPeoples Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi

Innocent Momanyi Obiri is a Kenyan politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Bobasi constituency, representing the Peoples Democratic Party.[1]

He attended Aga Khan High School in Mombassa and the University of Nairobi before working as a quantity surveyor prior to entering parliament.[1] He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 general election with 37.7% of the vote.[2]

In 2018 he was arrested along with one of his bodyguards on suspicion of causing a disturbance at a quarry.[3] In 2019 he was arrested on suspicion of corruption in relation to the construction of the Lake Basin mall in Kisumu.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Innocent Momanyi Obiri". Kenyan Parliament. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. ^ "Bobasi MP Momanyi Arrested For Causing Disturbance At Quarry". Citizen TV. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. ^ "Bobasi MP Obiri arrested over inflated Ksh.4B Lake Basin mall tender". Citizen TV. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2020-09-14.