Nyaribari Chache MP Richard Tong’i this week flew to India to clear a 30-year old debt he incurred during his university days in Aurangabad, Maharashtra state.
The MP travelled this week to pay Sh300 he'd borrowed from a shopkeeper, who worked near his college.
Tong'i, who is serving his second term in parliament, was in Indian from 1985-89 while undertaking studies. He would later return to Kenya with the debt.
Mr Kashinath Gawli was happy when Mr Tong’I arrived at his home to announce that he was finally ready to settle the debt.
“As a student in Aurangabad, I was at my lowest point when these people (Gawlis) helped me. Then I thought that someday, I will come back and (re)pay. I want to say thank you. This is so emotional for me,” he is quoted by the New Indian Express.
“God bless the old man (Gawli) and his children. They were wonderful to me. They wanted to take me to a hotel for meal but I insisted that we should eat in their house,” he added.
The firebrand MP was first elected in 2013 in a by-election on a Wiper ticket. He successfully appealed against Dr Chris Bichage of ODM.
Later on in 2017, he joined Jubilee party where he beat several opponents during polls. Mr Tong'i is lately a key ally of DP William Ruto.