Jalang'o forced to halt training with NA basketball team

Lang’ata MP Phelix Odiwuor alias Jalang’o has been forced to take a basket ball training experience following a leg injury.

Jalang’o plays for the National Assembly‘s basket ball team. The injury occurred during a training on Tuesday September 26.

He received first aid treatment at the court before proceeding for further medical attention.

MRI scan

He shared a picture of himself at the hospital undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.

“First injury of the season, am ruled out,” said Jalang’o.

Jalang’o training with the National Assembly’s basketball team. PHOTO/COURTESY

He initially thought his was a small injury. “Thought it was a small injury, smiling into the MRI machine.”

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The basket ball team compete against their counterparts from the region annually.

Other games MPs get to play are volleyball, netball, football, darts and athletics.

Jalang’o

Jalang’o spoke in an interview with Willis Raburu on TV47’s entertainment show Wabebe XP. It airs every Friday from 10pm.

Lang’ata MP Phelix Odiwuor with some of the members of his constituency. PHOTO/COURTESY

“I was called to Maseno School with my few marks in KCPE. My old man had to gather money left, right and center. Two months later I was yet to report to school but I had bought uniform.

“We did not have school fees. Remember those days, unlike now when we are pushing for 100% transition, that time if you didn’t have money you could not go to school,” Jalang’o began.

Scoring C+ in KCSE

He was forced to join a ‘village’ secondary school identified as Kanyago Secondary School. Owing to the tough economic times, Jalang’o could not afford new uniform so he studied in that from his previous school.

Jalang’o would later transfer to another secondary school where his elder brother was enrolled.

The lawmaker attained a C+ in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) after a myriad of challenges.

Jalang’o move to Nairobi

“A C+ in Nyangoma is a D-Plain in Starehe. Something like a Bunsen burner we saw it on the day of exams,” he added, chuckling.

“I moved to Nairobi around 2003/4 there. My old man gave me two shirts, two trousers and a pair of shoes, said it’s time for me to be a man,” the legislator added.

He worked his way up from an actor at the national theatre, to a comedian, emcee, radio presenter and is currently the MP of Lang’ata.