Omoyo residents in Kitutu Masaba constituency have lauded Prof. Sam Ongeri for education, health and economic empowerment projects he had launched in his Omoyo village for over 20 years now.
Speaking on Monday they asked some community members who have been inciting them to protest against Ongeri of alleged land grabbing in the region to desist from implicating the former minister, now an Ambassador in Jubilee government.
According to them, the people trying to fuel animosity between them and their long tern neighbor, whose ancient home is in Nyaribari Masaba are his political foes who wants to tarnish his name.
“To be very sincere, Ongeri has been very helpful since he purchased his land here in early 90s. There is a dispensary that he runs here at subsidized rates; he has educated our children besides giving us a job in his farm. He is truly our hero and that is what a politician should be,” said Mary Nyakewba.
According to them, the Professor of Medicine has been instrumental in the village by treating everyone equally and helping them whenever there is a problem unconditionally.
“He is a philanthropist and time has come for us to recognize his efforts to help the poor even though he doesn’t originally come from here. He never ignores our calls whenever we want his help and that is very important to us,” added Ongeri’s longtime farm guard Oroko Ongige.
This comes a time when a section of area residents and the administration of Omoyo community are planning to sue Prof. Ongeri for allegedly grabbing a 2 hectare piece of land in the region when he was Minister for Education.