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What Fidel Odinga’s exit means for the Jaramogi dynasty

ODM party leader Raila Odinga with nominated mp Oburu Odinga catch up before the start of  ODM PG meeting at the party headquarters (Photo Tabitha Otwori)

Had he completed building his house in Bondo, and had he officially “entered” the house after partaking in the mandatory traditional rituals, Fidel Castro Odinga would have been laid to rest in his own compound, next to his father’s farm in Opoda, Siaya County.

But as fate would have it and despite his financial muscle, Fidel, who was a wealthy businessman in the petroleum industry, just never managed to complete erecting his rural home by the time of his death.

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