Oscar Sudi

Oscar Kipchumba Sudi is a Kenyan politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Kapseret constituency, representing the Jubilee Party.[1] He is well known for his grasp of Mother Tongue and vernacular retorts,and video recording while insulting people on Facebook.

Oscar Sudi
MP
Member of Parliament for Kapseret
Assumed office
4 March 2013
Majority27,601 (55.6%)
Personal details
NationalityKenyan
Political partyJubilee Party

Education

Sudi attended Olympic Primary School and Highway High School for his Secondary education and sat for KCSE in 2000. He furthered his education at the Kenya Institute of Management and acquired a Diploma in Business Management in 2005. Oscar Sudi's academic documents are questionable according to investigations by EACC

Political career

From 2013 to 2017 he was a member of the Departmental Committee on Lands, the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee and the Procedure and House Rules Committee. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Departmental Committee on Energy.[1]

In September 2020 he was accused of hate speech towards Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and a disturbance occurred when locals used logs and stones to prevent police from accessing his home to arrest him. He surrendered himself to a police station on 13th September.[2][3][4]

Election results
General election 2017: Kapseret[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jubilee Oscar Kipchumba Sudi 35,340 71.1
KANU John Joseah Rono Kipkurui 7,739 15.6
Independent John Kipkoech Rotich 4,818 9.7
Labour Party of Kenya Christopher Kiplagat Serem 1,060 2.1
Independent Joel Kipkemboi Bett 714 1.4
Majority 27,601 55.6

References
  1. "Hon. Sudi, Oscar Kipchumba". Kenyan Parliament. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. "MP Oscar Sudi held 2 more days in hate speech case". Daily Nation. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. "MP Oscar Sudi Arrested After Presenting Himself To Police In Kapseret". Citizen News. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. "Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi finally surrenders to police". Daily Nation. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
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