{"id":123358,"date":"2025-10-19T09:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/im-ready-to-come-back-home-winnie-odinga-during-raila-funeral\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:09:31","slug":"im-ready-to-come-back-home-winnie-odinga-during-raila-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/im-ready-to-come-back-home-winnie-odinga-during-raila-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m ready to come back home: Winnie Odinga during Raila funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 \u2013 Winnie Odinga has declared that she is ready to come back home as she delivered a heartfelt tribute to her late father, former prime minister Raila Odinga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move interpreted as her strongest indication yet of stepping into political leadership in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking from a prepared speech during the memorial service, Winnie who was overwhelmed by emotion chose to thank mourners who had shown immense love for her father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should also know, in case you are wondering, I\u2019m ready to come back home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Winnie also recognized long-serving members of Odinga\u2019s personal staff and associates.<\/p>\n<p>She extended special thanks to Baba\u2019s staff led by George Okong Opondo and Andrew Mondo, acknowledging what she described as their dedication and loyalty to her father\u2019s decades-long political journey.<\/p>\n<p>Winnie also paid tribute to the staff at East Africa Spectre and other offices, highlighting their unwavering service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Washington, Martin, Victor, Rose, Jackie, David, Caleb, Steve, Joanne, Joyce, and others, thank you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional moment, she honoured those who had since passed, including George Oduor,Odinga bodyguard who passed away in April.<\/p>\n<p>She thanked Maurice Ogeta , Odinga\u2019s bodyguard who was with him in India during his treatment before he died .<\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged the end of an era for his father\u2019s political career while affirming the continuation of Odinga ideals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless you all. God bless the republic. God bless Baba\u2019s legacy. The king is dead, but long live the crown,\u201d she stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 \u2013 Winnie Odinga has declared that she is ready to come back home as she delivered a heartfelt tribute to her late father, former prime minister Raila Odinga. The move interpreted as her strongest indication yet of stepping into political leadership in the country. Breaking from a prepared speech during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}