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Originally published by Kenyanstop
December 5, 2025
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Millie Odhiambo Defends Beryl Odinga's Burial Plan Against Cultural Critics

The MP claims that the cultural critics of Beryl Odinga's burial plan have also not embraced the Luo culture in totality...
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National Assembly Minority Whip Millie Odhiambo has publicly defended the burial arrangements for Raila Odinga's sister, Beryl Odinga, against strong criticism from traditionalists claiming the plans disregard Luo culture. Millie Odhiambo challenged critics to prove their adherence to Luo customs, specifically mentioning the removal of lower teeth.
- Beryl Odinga, who passed away on November 25, 2025, will be buried on December 6, 2025, at her father's Kango ka Jaramogi home in Bondo.
- Critics argue Beryl should be interred at her late husband former Gem MP Otieno Ambala's homestead instead.
- Raila Odinga's 2014 biography, Flames of Freedom, detailed Beryl's abusive marriage to Ambala and her subsequent move to Zimbabwe, where she became the first black town clerk of Mutare.
- Ambala died in prison in 1985 while serving a sentence related to the death of former MP Horace Ongili Owiti.
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