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Raila Odinga was born at the Anglican Church Missionary Society Hospital in Maseno, Kisumu District, Nyanza Province on 7 January 1945 to Mary Juma Odinga and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. His father served as the first Vice President of Kenya under President Jomo Kenyatta. [8] He is a member of the Luo ethnic group. [9]
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 [3] – 20 January 1994) was a Kenyan politician who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He served as Kenya 's first vice-president , and thereafter as opposition leader.
Odinga is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911–1994), Kenya's first vice-president and later opposition leader.. Raila Odinga (born 1945), Former Prime Minister of Kenya, son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
He took 50.5% of the vote. His main rival, Raila Odinga, got 48.8% of the vote. [127] According to the Afrobarometer survey 67.9% of Kenyan citizens participated in the last election( 2022) and 17.6% did not vote in the presidential election. [128] On 13 September 2022, William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president. [129]
General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1992 to elect the president and members of the National Assembly.They were the first multi-party general elections in Kenya since independence and the first to feature a direct vote for the president, who had been elected by the National Assembly in 1964 and been automatically declared the winner of uncontested elections held alongside ...
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Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was the first Luo Ker. As part of distinguishing a tribal leader from a national leader, part of the conditions was that a Luo Ker would not go into national politics and when Jaramogi Oginga Odinga went into national politics in 1957, he had to quit being a Ker. [97] The second Lu
He held the position of Deputy Prime Minister (2008–2013) and Minister of Local Government (2008–2012), in the coalition government of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. In May 2012, Mudavadi resigned from his role as Minister of Local Government to contest for the presidency in the 2013 Kenyan general election where he finished third.