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“The first ever press statement on behalf of a coalition of parties CORD, he gave me to read. Today, I do for the whole of government as the government spokesman." 

Government Spokesperson Issac Mwaura on Sunday, March 3 reminisced his friendship with Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o.

In a statement via X, Mwaura revealed that Governor Nyong’o mentored him straight after finishing campus and gave him a platform to kick-start his political career.

The former nominated Senator recounted that he admired Nyong’o since his teenage hood and even had a photo of him from a newspaper cutting.

“He gave me a platform, confidence and tasks that made others to take notice of me. A man that I admired from afar in my teenage. I had pasted a photo of him from a newspaper cutting. I loved his brains and myth had it that he had 7 degrees,” said Mwaura.

According to the Government spokesperson, he met the Kisumu governor on a certain Wednesday evening through his daughter Lupita Nyong’o, and on the next day he was invited to meet big guns in the political arena including; Azimio leader Raila Odinga, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, President William Ruto, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, JJ Kamotho and Julia Ojiambo.

”This is how I joined ODM as my first political party. Lupita and I did a movie together aptly named ‘In My Genes’, and I starred as an aspiring politician. Indeed, dreams are valid! As they say, the rest is history,” Mwaura narrated.

File image of Isaac Mwaura

He noted that Governor Nyong’o gave him the first-ever press statement on behalf of a coalition of parties CORD which helped him to sharpen his communication skills

“The first ever press statement on behalf of a coalition of parties CORD, he gave me to read. Today, I do for the whole of government as the government spokesman,” Mwaura remarked.

The government spokesperson further described his friendship with Nyong’o as a father-to-son relationship.

“It’s been a journey Prof. Thank you very much Professor ‘Prof’ Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, the two-term’s governor of Kisumu, a two-time minister, MP, and Senator for 25 years. A great man indeed,” he added.