Maurice Ogeta: Uncelebrated bodyguard standing with Raila even in death

Raila Odinga's bodyguard Maurice Ogeta at parliament during the viewing of Former prime minister Raila Odinga body at Parliament buildings on 17th October 2025 [David Gichuru, Standard]

He cuts the figure of a no-nonsense bodyguard in the public eye, always donning dark spectacles. But beneath this look lies an uncelebrated hero. A man who stuck with the late ODM leader Raila Odinga through thick and thin.

Even in his last moments, Raila's aide Maurice Ogeta was the lone figure seen alongside Indian doctors struggling to save his life as he was taken out of an ambulance.