Despite the chaos that marred President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Thursday’s address to the nation by a section of disgruntled opposition MPs, one unique historical incident that deserves national headlines happened.
A little known MP, Timothy Bosire from Kitutu Masaba did the unbelievable. He didn’t whistle in disruption of the President’s speech but defied the President’s order to stand in honor of soldiers who died at war in Somalia, catching the President’s attention.
Born in Nyamwanga village, Nyamira County in 1960, Bosire sat for CPE exams at Nyamwanga primary in 1974 before moving to former academic giants, Gekano Boys where he completed until 1978 where he got admission to Mang’u High School.
Due to financial constraints, Bosire opted to join Kirangari High school where he passed with a distinction getting admission to the University of Nairobi in 1982 where he took a course in Bachelors of Economics.
He graduated in 1985 and worked as an economist at the National Economist where he rose to senior ranks in 1990. He resigned in 1996 to join a private business.
Bosire joined politics in 1997 but failed to get the ballot. However, Bosire joined Kitutu Masaba parliamentary race in 2002 on James Orengo’s SDP ticket only to finish a distant fourth.
He joined the ODM party in 2006 where he worked with former Premier Raila Odinga and subsequently emerging third in Kitutu Masaba parliamentary race in the 2007 polls.
He successfully petitioned former MP Walter Nyambati in 2011 but eventually lost in by-elections before beating him in the 2013 polls.
Bosire currently doubles as ODM national treasurer and a key opposition point’s man from the entire Gusii region. He his married with six children.
Bosire becomes the first sitting MP to defy an order by a sitting president when he declined to stand in honor of Kenyan soldiers who died in Somalia as directed by President Uhuru Kenyatta.