Hezron Awiti Bollo

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Hezron Awiti Bollo is a Kenyan businessman and politician.

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Career

In 2022, Awiti Bollo, for the second time, [1] unsuccessfully ran for the office of governor of Mombasa, [2] getting 875 votes to Abdullswamad Sherrif Nassir's 119,083 votes. [3] Awiti Bollo's first governorship bid was in 2017. [1] He previously was the member of parliament representing Nyali Constituency, [4] being elected in 2013 when he was a member of the Wiper party. [1]

Awiti Bollo is the owner of Kenyan company Penguin Paper & Book Company. He is also a landlord of land near the Owino Uhuru village in the outskirts of Mombassa that was rented to Metal Refinery EPZ, the company that contaminated the village's water supply. [2] Awiti Bollo is also the chairman of the Metal Refinery EPZ. [2] [5]

Awiti Bollo owns Mamba village in Mombassa from where he has operated a crocodile farm since 1995. The business has over 10,000 crocodiles that are farmed for their skin and meat. [4] Awiti Bollo owns logistics and transportation company Habo Agencies Limited, and Pili Management Consultants, a commercial and residential property company. Other companies he owns include Gtec, Visan, Benvick Warehousing and Awanad. [4] Hezron Awiti Bollo is reported to have leased land in Zaire for agricultural purposes. However, specific details about the size and nature of the agricultural activities on this land are not widely publicized. [4]

Personal life

Awiti Bollo was married to Lucy Adhiambo and was undertaking divorce proceedings in 2019. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Awiti: Why I picked 28-year-old as my running mate". The Star. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. 1 2 3 Schlanger, Zoë (2018-03-18). "A Kenyan mother, disappearing Indian businessmen, and the battery factory that poisoned a village". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ↑ "ODM's Nassir Wins Mombasa Governor Seat". Kenya News Agency . 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ruto, Japhet (2023-03-29). "Crocodile millions: Owner of Mamba Village, his other properties and businesses". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  5. ↑ Watts, Jonathan (2018-02-14). "Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Awiti couldn't perform in bed, wife says in divorce case". The Star. 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
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