Mosop MP Abraham Kirwa is given mursik after landing at JKIA on November 21,2025/FELIX KIPKEMOI Mosop MP Abraham Kirwa, who has been in the United States for medical treatment, returned to the country on Friday, November 21 after nearly two years away from public life.
Kirwa, 54, suffered a debilitating stroke that abruptly removed him from the political scene.
He landed at JKIA at 3pm to a grand reception by hundreds of jubilant constituents who expressed joy at welcoming him home.
The MP has been receiving long-term treatment in Dallas.
A section of MPs who were present at the airport to receive him included Bernard Kitur (Nandi Hills), Maryanne Kittany (Aldai) and Paul Biego (Chesumei).
“Ours is only to thank God. We are so happy,” said his elder brother, sentiments echoed by his wife.
Addressing the press moments after his arrival, Kirwa expressed profound gratitude to Kenyans for their prayers and support throughout his recovery.
“I didn’t expect such a huge number of people to come out to receive me,” he said.
"You stood with me, and we are back. I know that one way or another I could have died, but suddenly, somehow, the Lord made it possible for me to be here.”
Kittany said the family had remained in constant prayer for his healing and continued supporting local development initiatives during his absence.
“Mosop has not been neglected because you have been away. We have been supporting you,” she said.
Kitur echoed the sentiment, noting that Mosop currently has more ongoing projects than any other constituency in Nandi, proof, he said, that the area has not been abandoned despite the MP’s prolonged absence.
Biego added that no sector had stalled and that development structures remain intact.
“Do not think anything has gone wrong. Just relax,” he said, citing ongoing initiatives such as electricity connections.
He urged constituents to give the MP time to fully recover.
In May 2025, Kirwa publicly shared details of his recovery journey in an effort to raise awareness about stroke prevention.
In a past interview with Fox News, he recalled that the stroke struck in the middle of a radio briefing when his vision suddenly blurred, one side of his body went numb and he struggled to speak before collapsing.
“When I drank water, I realised I was not even seeing anymore; I collapsed and was rushed to the hospital,” he said.
He spent 18 days in a Kenyan hospital before being transferred to Dubai, where doctors discovered he had suffered a second stroke.
With his condition worsening, his family arranged for him to be airlifted to North Texas, where specialists enrolled him in an intensive rehabilitation programme led by physical therapy experts.
Kirwa’s return comes as a legal battle over his parliamentary seat gathers momentum.
A voter, Timothy Tororey, has filed a petition at the High Court seeking to have the Mosop seat declared vacant.
Tororey argues that the MP has been “resident abroad and indisposed for a continuous period exceeding two years,” leaving the constituency without “an effective voice in the National Assembly.”
He claims that Kirwa’s prolonged absence has “silenced” the people of Mosop in a House constitutionally mandated to represent them, causing “irreparable democratic injury” by excluding the constituency from national legislative, budgetary, and oversight processes.
Tororey accuses National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula of failing to declare the seat vacant despite constitutional provisions under Article 103.
He argues that the speaker’s inaction “has reduced the people of Mosop to political orphans, unrepresented, unheard and unseen in the national forum.”
