Zebedeo John Opore (8 January 1947 – 18 October 2024) was a Kenyan politician. He was elected to represent the Bonchari Constituency in the

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in the

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. He also served as the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. He later lost the seat in the 2007 election to Charles Onyancha. Opore read economics at the

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. He also obtained an MSc in Economics from the

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in the UK in 1982. Opore died on 18 October 2024, at the age of 77.Former Bonchari MP Zebedeo Opore is dead
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