Former Rongo Member of Parliament and ex-Cabinet Minister Dalmas Otieno Anyango will be buried on October 2, 2025, at Kangeso village in Migori County.
Family members led by their spokesman Mark Rachuonyo confirmed the burial date, saying they are continuing to hold meetings to arrange for the successful send-off of the veteran politician.
The team, while addressing the press at the Lee Funeral Home where the body is preserved, described him as a statesman whose service to the people touched many.
Several politicians from across Migori County formed part of the delegation to Lee, where they heaped praises on him for leading with a clear vision.
The veteran politician died at his Nairobi home on Sunday, at the age of 80. It is, however, not yet clear what led to his death.Â
His son, Eddie Otieno, confirmed that the former Rongo Member of Parliament died at his residence in Kileleshwa, Nairobi.
After the family confirmed his death, President William Ruto led the nation in mourning the former MP, remembering him as a visionary leader who served the nation with honour, integrity, and distinction.
“He was sharp, progressive, and industrious; a statesman whose ideas and leadership will continue to shape generations,” Ruto wrote said.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga mourned the former legislator as a public servant who believed in the power of effective and efficient public service as a cornerstone of good governance.
“He was a committed public servant who believed in the power of effective and efficient public service as a cornerstone of good governance,” Raila said in a statement on Sunday.
Otieno was first elected as the Rongo Member of Parliament for Rongo in 1988 and later served as a Minister for Industrialisation from 1988-1991.
He then transitioned to Minister of Labour and Human Resource Development in 1991, and later that year, he served as a minister for Transport and Communications.
In 2007, Anyango joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), where he reclaimed his Rongo seat and was later appointed Minister of State for Public Service in Kenya’s coalition government.
Otieno was reelected as the Rongo MP in 2013; however, in 2017, he lost the elections after he decamped from ODM and decided to run for the seat as an independent candidate.
In 2018, the former MP was appointed as the Vice Chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), a position he held until 2024.
