Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's daughter Winnie Odinga has revealed that his father died in her arms while they were on a walk in India.
Refuting social media rumours that he was on his deathbed when he died, she relayed that he had been taking walks daily and pushing himself to do better each day.
On that fateful day, Winnie relayed that her father had finally pushed himself to do five laps before he collapsed.
"I was with him in India when he took his last breath. He died in my arms, but he did not die as people have been saying on social media," she said.
"Every day he was waking up and walking, and every day he would do one round, the next day he would push two rounds. That morning, he pushed to five rounds. He died strong, with dignity and with pride."
During her emotional tribute to her father, she described herself as the luckiest girl in the world because of who her dad was, and relayed that only her siblings, Fidel, Rosemary and Junior were as lucky as her.
Since the news of Raila broke, his lastborn daughter has been honoured for showing courage as she was his only child who was present at his death.
As she disembarked RAO001 on Thursday morning, she carried her father's signature white fedora on her arms and held her head high as Kenyans witnessed the remains of her father get wheeled out of the aeroplane.
At their Karen home, Winnie presented the hat to her mother, Mama Idah Odinga, in an emotional exchange, eliciting reactions from Kenyans across the country.
Winnie was also the last of her siblings to eulogise her father, being the lastborn. Rosemary, the second-born but the oldest with Fidel gone, was the first to eulogise her father at the Nyayo stadium.
She mourned her father as not only a friend, but an advisor.
"Baba was not only my advisor but also my friend. I remember the moment I received the news. I was seated at the table, just finishing my breakfast, when my younger brother called and asked where I was. I told him I was sitting at the table, and he then asked me to sit down," Rosemary said.
Raila Junior, his only remaining son, acknowledged the new role that had befallen him with the loss of his father and his older brother, promising to take care of his mother and his sisters.
"I am very alive to the fact that with my brother Fidel gone, I remain the gentleman of the family. Dad, I want to assure you that I will take care of our family, Mum, Rosie, Winnie and the larger political family. Thank you for the gift of life and for giving me your name and for never heaping the weight of it on me," he said.
