'Umetuuzia uoga na tukanunua', MPs amused by Mama Ida's purple CV booklet

Mama Ida Odinga appeared before the Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee for vetting as the UNEP Ambassador on Feb 20, 2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

"You came prepared, as local mwananchi will say, umetuuzia uoga na tukanunua', and we have all fallen in that trap," these were the words of Kiambu County MP Anne Wanjiku as Mama Ida Odinga appeared before the Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee for vetting as the UNEP Ambassador.

The members of the committee expressed their gratitude to Mama Ida, who is the spouse of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, for having appeared before them well prepared.