Uproar after Osotsi attacked in Kisumu restaurant
Politics
By
Clinton Ambujo
| Apr 09, 2026
Hooligans attacked and injured Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi at a popular eatery in Kisumu.
The former ODM deputy party leader was flown to Nairobi for further treatment after being treated at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu.
A section of leaders condemned the incident and described it as unfortunate. Senators Edwin Sifuna (Nairobi) and Eddy Oketch (Migori) asked the police for immediate action on those responsible.
Oketch, in a social media post, described the incident as an attack on freedom of speech and association.
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"The attack on Senator Osotsi in Kisumu is extremely unfortunate and worrisome. I condemn this archaic act in the strongest terms possible," he said.
The incident happened barely two months after a group of goons attempted to invade another Kisumu hotel where Osotsi and Siaya Governor James Orengo were holding a press briefing.
It took the intervention of the police to scatter the organised goons who had been ferried to the hotel on motorcycles.
On Wednesday, Osotsi's director of communication, Derick Luvega, said the Senator had been meeting a friend when the assailants stormed the restaurant and started assaulting him.
He also claimed that he was roughed up by the attackers, who sought to know why Osotsi was supporting the ODM faction opposing President William Ruto's reelection agenda.
"They demanded to know why he is supporting a one-term and not a two-term side," said Luvega.
He called for urgent investigations into the incident. "The rule of law must prevail and those behind this heinous act must be held accountable."
Dr Simon Onsongo, the medical director at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, said the Senator was in a stable condition.