Homabay Senator Otieno Kajwang' died Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) spokesperson Philip Etale confirmed the death shortly after midnight.
He said via the phone that the Senator had died at Mater Hospital in Nairobi where he had been rushed.
"Sad
to have lost Senator Otieno Kajwang'. It is by the will of God that
Senator had to depart from our midst at this time," he said through a
post on his Facebook page.
Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen posted on his official Twitter handle announcing the death of the ODM Senator.
"So
shocked that my colleague and friend Senator Kajwang' has passed on
.Will remember him as passionate and eloquent debater. A man full of
life and humour," Murkomen tweeted.
