Oburu Odinga
Oburu Oginga | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Siaya County | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | James Orengo |
| Member of the East African Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2017–2022 | |
| Assistant Minister for Finance | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1994–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Oginga Odinga |
| Succeeded by | Gideon Ochanda |
| Constituency | Bondo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga 15 October 1943 Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony |
| Political party | Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) |
| Relations | Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (father) Raila Odinga (brother) Ruth Odinga (sister) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Kenyan politics |
Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga (born 15 October 1944) is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as senator for Siaya County, having been elected in the elections of August 2020. He is an immediate former member for the East African Legislative Assembly, based in Arusha, Tanzania. He is the former assistant minister for finance in the 2008 Grand Coalition government and a former Member of the Kenyan Parliament.
Oburu is from the Odinga family. His late brother Raila Odinga came second in the Presidential elections of December 2007, March 2013, August 2017, and August 2022. His late father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was a prominent politician at the time of independence, serving as Kenya's first vice-president,[1] an elected MP from Bondo Constituency. His sister Ruth Odinga is the former Deputy Governor of Kisumu who served from 2013 to 2017 and has been the women representative for Kisumu County having been elected in 2022.
On 11 December 2017, Oburu was approved by the senate to represent Kenya at the EALA. On the 25th of November 2021, Oburu Oginga launched his Autobiography titled 'In the Shadow of My Father'. He narrated his life story to one of Kenya's famous historiographers Bethuel Oduo who was Oburu's publishing consultant for the memoir writing.
He vied for senatorial seat in Siaya on the 2022 elections and won. He now serves as the senator for Siaya County. He is currently the Acting ODM party leader following the death of his brother, Raila.
References
[edit]- ^ Musao, Nzau (31 December 2017). "Why Oburu and his brother Raila have no Christian names". standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20100416122537/http://www.raila07.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071109172613/http://www.mzalendo.com/Members.Details.php?ID=152
- https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/12/kennedy-kalonzo-oburu-mbugua-elected-eala/
- http://www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/Graft-claims--party-politics-cost-Ranguma-his-seat-/1064-4060052-o1oi3b/index.html
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