Former Vice President Moody Awori's Daughter Dies

Former Vice President Moody Awori’s daughter Marya Elizabeth Adjibodou has passed away.

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi in a statement on Wednesday, June 7 revealed that Adjibodou who was the principal clerk at the Senate passed away on Tuesday, June 6 evening.

“It is with deep sorrow that I notify you of the untimely demise of Mrs. Marya Elizabeth Adjibodou, Principal Clerk Assistant I, P/No. 99003735, serving in the Directorate of Legislative and Procedural Services in the Senate. Mrs. Adjibodou passed away in the evening of Tuesday, 6th June 2023,” the statement read in part.

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has mourned Adjibodou as a patriotic and committed person who served parliament with zeal. 

"She served the institution of Parliament with a deep sense of commitment, zeal and patriotism for 18 years. We will miss her great depth of knowledge, positive orientation, sharp-wittedness and resilience," Wetangula stated. 

The late Adjibodou joined the Parliamentary service in 2005 as a personal assistant in the then office of the Vice President and Leader of Government Business.

In 2019 she moved to the Directorate of Legislative and Procedural Services in the National Assembly where she served as a clerk until February 2013 when joined the Senate Service as a Senior Clerk Assistant in the Directorate of Committee Services.

Adjibodou rose to the rank of Principal Clerk Assistant I and was in charge of the Journals, Procedural Research, and Records Department.

Born on December 24, 1968, the late Adjibodou obtained her “O” and “A” levels at the Hillcrest Secondary School in Nairobi before moving to the New Hampshire College in Manchester where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing and a Masters of Science Degree in Community Economic Development.