Government Spokesperson Issac Mwaura on Sunday, March 3 reminisced his friendship with Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o.
In a statement via X, Mwaura revealed that Governor Nyong’o mentored him straight after finishing campus and gave him a platform to kick-start his political career.
The former nominated Senator recounted that he admired Nyong’o since his teenage hood and even had a photo of him from a newspaper cutting.
“He gave me a platform, confidence and tasks that made others to take notice of me. A man that I admired from afar in my teenage. I had pasted a photo of him from a newspaper cutting. I loved his brains and myth had it that he had 7 degrees,” said Mwaura.
According to the Government spokesperson, he met the Kisumu governor on a certain Wednesday evening through his daughter Lupita Nyong’o, and on the next day he was invited to meet big guns in the political arena including; Azimio leader Raila Odinga, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, President William Ruto, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, JJ Kamotho and Julia Ojiambo.
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”This is how I joined ODM as my first political party. Lupita and I did a movie together aptly named ‘In My Genes’, and I starred as an aspiring politician. Indeed, dreams are valid! As they say, the rest is history,” Mwaura narrated.
He noted that Governor Nyong’o gave him the first-ever press statement on behalf of a coalition of parties CORD which helped him to sharpen his communication skills
“The first ever press statement on behalf of a coalition of parties CORD, he gave me to read. Today, I do for the whole of government as the government spokesman,” Mwaura remarked.
The government spokesperson further described his friendship with Nyong’o as a father-to-son relationship.
“It’s been a journey Prof. Thank you very much Professor ‘Prof’ Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, the two-term’s governor of Kisumu, a two-time minister, MP, and Senator for 25 years. A great man indeed,” he added.
