Odinga Family Calls for Emergency Family Meeting Minutes After Ruto’s Appointment
Ruto has appointed Ida Odinga to be Kenya's representative to the UNEP based in Nairobi, just months after Raila Odinga's passing...
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A family emergency meeting has been called by the Odinga family following President William Ruto's appointment of Mama Ida Odinga as Kenya’s Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- Raila Odinga Junior, Raila Odinga’s eldest son, expressed surprise and suggested the family was not fully consulted.
- He contacted his uncle, Oburu Odinga, the current ODM party leader and family patriarch, to request an urgent meeting.
- The meeting is scheduled for February 1 to address the "personal and political sensitivities" surrounding the appointment.
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