Ida Odinga: I never imagined becoming a widow at this age

Ida Odinga, the widow of former prime minister Raila Odinga during the State Funeral Service of her husband late Former Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga at the Nyayo National Stadium on October 17, 2025. Raila passed on in India while on a treatment [Photo: Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The widow of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Mama Ida, has revealed how difficult it has been for the family to come to terms with her husband’s death.

Speaking at her Opoda Farm home in Bondo, Siaya County, where she hosted hundreds of widows under the Widows Voices Ministry who had come to console the family, Ida described Raila’s passing as unexpected.