{"id":110763,"date":"2025-02-21T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/mp-shakeel-shabir-mourns-chebukati-as-a-great-man-who-should-be-given-a-state-funeral\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:04:02","slug":"mp-shakeel-shabir-mourns-chebukati-as-a-great-man-who-should-be-given-a-state-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mp-shakeel-shabir-mourns-chebukati-as-a-great-man-who-should-be-given-a-state-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Shakeel Shabir mourns Chebukati as a great man who should be given a state funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Feb 21 \u2013 Kisumu East Member of Parliament Shakeel Shabir has mourned the former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati as a great man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shakeel stated that the country has lost a dedicated man, who used his wisdom to serve the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his shortcomings, Shakeel pointed out that the country should mourn him as a statesman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was subjected to a few controversies, no human being is without a fault,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted the number of times they interacted together, describing him as an intelligent person, highly educated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his Constituency on Friday when he unveiled a school bus worth Sh10.7 million funded under the NG-CDF, for Ida Odinga Girls Secondary School, the MP asked God to rest his soul in eternal peace.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeel also took the opportunity to mourn Prof Bethwel Ogot and Malava MP Malulu Injendi.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeel says the bond between his family and that of the late Prof Ogot dates back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a great life, he was 95 years old, and he was sharp even at 95,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeel further recounted their flights together with the late MP, while rushing home to attend to their constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Thursday evening and every Tuesday morning, we were passengers in the flight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The family of the late Chebukati confirmed that he died at 11 p.m. last night at Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>He was aged 64.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Feb 21 \u2013 Kisumu East Member of Parliament Shakeel Shabir has mourned the former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati as a great man. Shakeel stated that the country has lost a dedicated man, who used his wisdom to serve the nation. Despite his shortcomings, Shakeel pointed out that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}