Oburu Oginga: We only have one leader of the Luo community at a time, and there is nowhere the person is elected. For the one who will lead us, like Raila led us in the Luo community, in which forum was he elected? We do not elect the Leader of the community. That leader just sprouts like a mushroom. You will just see someone emerge and easily take up that mantle, but the person is not among Raila’s peers, like us. There are young people coming up and ready to lead, you will just see the leader emerge among these young leaders.
Oburu Oginga: Mbadi, Wandayi and other ODM leaders who joined govt don’t speak on behalf of ODM. They ave to resign from government.
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Former Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria presented a large dairy cow to Mama Ida Odinga.
DAILY Nation reports that The grave visits of the late Raila Odinga will not end any time soon
This week, a group of mourners contacted the family of Odinga to request a visit to Kango Ka Jaramogi—his resting place—but were shocked to learn that the next available slot is December 30.
The programme is jam-packed, with hundreds of visitors streaming in daily just 19 days after his burial.
Despite her lingering sorrow at losing her husband, Mama Ida Odinga continues to welcome mourners to her home in Bondo with remarkable grace and warmth.
Peter Salasya pays his last respects at Raila’s grave in Bondo
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Woman in Kisii gives birth to quadruplets, 3 boys and 1 girl, names the three boys
Raila, Amollo and Odinga, while the girl was named Ida
Siaya Governor James Orengo has clarified recent remarks on protests during the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party 20th anniversary.
During an interview with Ramogi TV, Orengo said some people took his remarks out of context.
“Some people think that when I said we can go to protests, it meant I could personally take to the streets.”
Governor ORENGO sets the record straight on calling for protests against RUTO as ODM grapples with uncertainty after RAILA ODINGA’s death
“I did not mean we would just go. I meant that if issues are not being addressed properly, the streets are open, and we can protest in an organised way,” Orengo explained.
His clarification comes barely five days after he threatened to lead Kenyans into nationwide demonstrations against President William Ruto’s administration.
Addressing ODM supporters during the party’s 20th Anniversary in Mombasa on November 14th, Orengo declared that Kenyans were ready to return to the streets if necessary.
“If ODM is strong and stands on the basis that Raila wanted a free country, we must fight everywhere. If you are afraid, do not sell us fear.”
“We are prepared to go back to the streets. I, as James Orengo, am prepared to go back to the streets,” he said.
Vocal Embakasi East MP, Babu Owino, echoed the sentiment, vowing to rally protests over the rising cost of living.
Beryl Achieng Odinga the sister of former Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at Nairobi West Hospital.
Her sister Ruth Odinga, who is Kisumu Woman Representative confirmed the death of Beryl on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Her death comes exactly 1 month and 10 days since the death of Raila Odinga in India.
Though she kept off politics, her silent career in public service cannot be ignored. She was an excellent public service officer, not only in Kenya but also in other African countries like Zimbabwe.
Aggrey Otieno Ambala, a prosperous fast-food tycoon, real estate magnate, Havard economics graduate and a consummate opportunist, pursued Beryl Odinga, the sister of Raila relentlessly concealing an agenda to concoct the Odinga family’s endorsement and clutch the Gem Constituency parliamentary seat.
Raila detected Otieno’s deceptive plotting.
Beryl, gullible and earnestly beguiled by love, requested her entourage of reluctant relatives to endorse Otieno.
With her father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s disapproval, Otieno lost the 1974 Gem elections to deft Isaac Okero after marrying Beryl and siring two children, Auma and Chizzy.
Their relationship was soon on the rocks characterised by a sadistic avalanche of wife battery.
Otieno manipulated Beryl to requisition her father Jaramogi, who reluctantly commanded his campaigners in Bondo to camp in Gem and predicate for Otieno.
He won the Gem parliamentary elections in 1979.
After Otieno’s triumph, his delinquent emotional and brutal abuse towards Beryl escalated.
Beryl vacated her marital home but Otieno consistently stalked, intimidated and petrified her.
Due to the trepidation, Raila purchased an air ticket for Beryl to the newly independent Zimbabwe in December 1980.
She travelled with her children to Harare.
When Otieno ascertained that Beryl had relocated with the children, he decamped to Harare.
He commenced litigation proceedings to attain exclusive custody of his children.
Beryl was summoned and arraigned in court.
Shockingly, the judge referred the case to the domicile court in Kenya and imposed the sole custody of the children to the patronage of their abusive father.
Otieno’s lawyer calculatingly postulated that the unemployed Beryl was destitute and too financially penurious to parent her children.
She bid a sobbing goodbye to her children.
Upon his return to Kenya, Otieno exploited a provision in Kenyan law which authorised him to dissipate Beryl’s essence.
It stated that a woman couldn’t obtain a passport without the signatory permission of her husband.
Otieno wrote to the Kenyan immigration department withdrawing his consent to Beryl’s passport.
He exerted his prestige as an assistant minister for culture imposing his stature on the Kenyan High Commission in Harare to impound Beryl’s passport and extradite her.
He bragged to his consulate that Beryl would never be employed in Kenya.
Beryl sank into depression.
Otieno hired a private detective, Patrick Muiruri, who later became the MP for Gatundu North, to stalk Beryl.
Raila, exhausted by the tribulation of her sister, contacted Brigadier Oyite Ojok, Chief of Staff in the Milton Obote administration in Uganda.
Oyite imparted Beryl with a Ugandan passport to Kampala.
She was then spirited to Dar esSalaam, Tanzania, and incentivised by Raila’s acquaintance, Dr. Athuman Mwaboha, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Tanzania Bureau of Standards.
She returned to Zimbabwe as a bona fide resident.
Beryl resolutely regained profound peace healing and an occupation becoming the first black Town Clerk of Mutare, the country’s third largest city.
She filed for divorce from Otieno.
She was later appointed the company secretary of Housing Corporation of Zimbabwe.
In the 1983 snap elections, Otieno lost the Gem seat to Horace Ongili Owiti,who, ironically, had been the best man in Otieno and Beryl’s wedding.
Bitter and always vengeful, Ambala started planning on how to kill the new MP.
On 27 May 1985, an armed gang struck at the home Horrace Ongili Owiti in Siaya.
They attacked him with machetes and batons, stabbed him with knives and carried his lifeless body into a nearby maize plantation.
They did not steal anything.
His car, parked outside the house, was intact.
Investigations pointed at Ambala who was arrested and detained at Kodiaga Prison.
He died the same year while in prison.
The stated cause of his death was heart attack.
Postscript;
Beryl Achieng Odinga, sister to former Prime Minister, the late Raila Odinga, passed on today in the afternoon.
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The recent burial of Beryl Odinga has drawn considerable attention from political observers, primarily due to the conspicuous absence of key figures, specifically John Mbadi and Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo.
Adding to the intrigue, the event was marked by what has been interpreted as a veiled critique delivered by Governor James Orengo, sparking further speculation among the political class.
Simultaneously, a separate incident involving the deliberate exclusion—or cropping—of Winnie Odinga from a joint photograph featuring her mother and granddaughter, has also become a focal point, generating widespread discussion and comment.
Alternative Engagement.:The Uasin Gishu Visit.
Coinciding with the funeral, John Mbadi and PS Raymond Omollo, along with other political and administrative leaders, were attending a Special Offering Sabbath with the faithful of the Kapkoi SDA Church in Kesses Constituency, Uasin Gishu County.
The delegation present at the church service included:
H.E. Governor Jonathan Bii (Uasin Gishu)
Hon. Julius Ruto (Host MP, Kesses)
Hon. Walter Owino (MP, Awendo)
Dr. Raymond Omollo (Principal Secretary, Internal Security)
Amb. Julius Bitok (Principal Secretary, Basic Education)
Joel Arumonyang (Principal Secretary, Public Works
Their presence at this event, in contrast to their absence at the burial, has fueled the ongoing conversation regarding the shifting dynamics within the regional political landscape.
