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Innocent Momanyi Obiri is a Kenyan politician who is currently a member of the
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for the Bobasi constituency, representing the Peoples Democratic Party. He attended Aga Khan High School in Mombassa and the
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before working as a quantity surveyor prior to entering parliament. He was elected to the National Assembly in the
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with 37.7% of the vote. In 2018 he was arrested along with one of his bodyguards on suspicion of causing a disturbance at a quarry. In 2019 he was arrested on suspicion of corruption in relation to the construction of the Lake Basin mall in
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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Kenyan politicians Members of the 12th Parliament of Kenya Members of the 13th Parliament of Kenya University of Nairobi alumni Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya politicians {{Kenya-politician-stub