Governor Anyang' Nyong'o. [Photo/thebigissue.co.ke]
Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o claims some of his enemies are wishing him death.
Nyong'o said on Saturday that his enemies, who he did not name, were celebrating his illness.
The governor is recovering from a surgery he underwent at a San Francisco hospital in the US to replace his hip bone.
“While some godforsaken individuals are writing my obituary at home, I feel quite good about myself though I miss home very much,” Prof Nyong’o said in a long emotional opinion piece published by The Star on Saturday.
He added, “At times, this can be extremely annoying and upsetting, especially when political busybodies reduce the important matter of one’s health to platform discourse, carried out for pure self-aggrandizement, in words that are insincere, dishonest, callous and absolutely uncivilised.”
Nyong’o said the experience and the rumours had made him know his enemies and friends.
His absence from office since mid-December has sparked political speculation among his colleagues, resulting in a fall-out among top officials in the county government.