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In an interview with BBC News in January 2008, Odinga asserted that he was the first cousin of US president Barack Obama through Obama's father. [90] However, Barack Obama's paternal uncle denied any direct relation to Odinga, stating "Odinga's mother came from this area, so it is normal for us to talk about cousins. But he is not a blood ...
Raila Odinga is widely credited with enabling Mwai Kibaki to win the 2002 presidential election through the support of his Liberal Democratic Party. This relationship turned sour however and Raila Odinga led the vote against Mwai Kibaki in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum which was widely perceived as a referendum against Kibaki. [85]
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga - independence fighter, first Vice President of independent Kenya; John Akii-Bua, was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country. John Okello, Ugandan revolutionary from Alebtong who was the leader of the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964 that led to the proclamation of Zanzibar as a Republic
Raila Odinga, Kenya's prime minister and former opposition leader in 2008, is also of the Luo tribe. The son of Jaramogi Odinga, he claims to be a cousin of Barack Obama. [38] [39] In 2008 Odinga served as Prime Minister of Kenya with president Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu, in a coalition government.
ODM leader Raila Odinga speaks with the Kenyan media during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis. After the 2002 elections, KANU was in opposition, while the LDP was a partner in the ruling NARC coalition until it was removed after the 2005 referendum. The LDP had supported no vote at the referendum, contrary to the policy of president Kibaki.
The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama 's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and are the first such family of African-American descent. [1] His immediate family includes his wife ...
Raila Odinga, politician, son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's former prime minister; Robert Ouko, politician and son of Kisumu Nyahera who was abducted from his Koru, Kenya home. His charred body was found later. Barack Obama Sr.; Kisumu is not far from Kogelo, a village known for being the hometown of, the father to the Barack Obama. [42]
Barack Obama Sr. (1934–1982), economist with the government; educated in Hawaii and Massachusetts; father of the President Barack Obama (2009–2017) of the United States; Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, independence fighter and socialist politician; Raila Odinga, son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, politician and the leader of Opposition in Kenya