Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Vice-President of Kenya | |
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In office 12 December 1964 – 14 April 1966 | |
President | Jomo Kenyatta |
Preceded by | Office Established |
Succeeded by | Joseph Murumbi |
Personal details | |
Born | Obadiah Adonijah October 1911 Bondo, British East Africa |
Died | 20 January 1994 Kisumu, Kenya | (aged 82)
Political party | List
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Spouse(s) | Mary Juma (d. 1984) Gaudencia Adeya Susan Agik Betty Adongo |
Children | 17 (including Oburu and Raila)[2] |
Alma mater | Makerere University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Teacher |
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911
Jaramogi is credited for the phrase "Not Yet Uhuru" which is the title of his autobiography published in 1967. "Uhuru" means freedom in Swahili and he was referencing his belief that even after independence from British colonialism, the brutal oppression of opposition in political affairs in Kenya, meant that the country had still not attained real freedom. For example, Jaramogi's son Raila Odinga also spent eight years in detention, although he later served as prime minister.
Early years and career
Oginga Odinga was born in the village of Nyamira Kang'o,
Spurred to empower his
Vice presidency
According to Luo tradition, a Ker cannot be a politician, so Odinga relinquished his position as king in 1957 and became the political spokesman of the Luo. The same year, he
As Vice-President he did not agree with
In opposition
The friction between Odinga and Kenyatta continued, and in 1969 Odinga was arrested after the two verbally abused each other publicly at a chaotic function in Kisumu – and where at least 11 people were killed and dozens were injured in riots. That was when Jomo as the President of Kenya was to open New Nyanza General Hospital (Russia Hospital), in October 1969 which was seen as Odinga's project due to his Russian connection. Due to the incident KPU was banned making Kenya a de facto party state under KANU. He was detained along with other KPU members for eighteen months until the Government made decision to free him on 27 March 1971.[8] He consigned to political limbo until after Kenyatta's death in August 1978. In the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979), Odinga reportedly supported anti-Idi Amin rebels, sheltering a number of them at his farm in Bondo District during the preparation phase for the Battle of Tororo.[9]
Kenyatta's successor, Daniel arap Moi, appointed Odinga as chairman of the Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board. He did not last long in the post, presumably due to past grudges he was still outspoken against Kenyatta's policies. Odinga accused Jomo as a land grabber and that was why they had differed. Odinga attempted to register a political party in 1982, but The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act, 1982 (which made Kenya a de jure single-party state), foiled his plans.
Following the
FORD split before the
Private life
Odinga was
Global policy
He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a
See also
- Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania
References
- East Africa Living Encyclopedia, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
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- ^ Présence Africaine (in French). 1970.
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- ^ Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2625.
- ^ "Odinga's little secrets in anti-Amin wars". Daily Monitor. Nation Africa. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Kenya's Way of Honoring Its Leaders". 31 March 1991. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
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