ODM leader Raila Odinga took President Uhuru Kenyatta to visit one of his surviving stepmothers, Susan Odinga, during the duo's visit to Kisumu on October 22, 2020.
When the two leaders arrived in the lakeside city on Thursday evening, they proceeded to Susan's home in Milimani Estate where they were accompanied by other government officials including Interior CS Fred Matiang'i.
Mama Susan is one of the last people whom the late former Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga talked to before he died.
According to the former PM's biography, she was one of the people who rushed him to the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu where he was pronounced dead on arrival in 1994.
Jaramogi had 4 wives (Mary Ajuma, Gaudencia Adeya, Susan Agik and Betty Adongo) - who bore him 17 children.
Betty and Susan are the only surviving wives and take care of the family home, Kang'o ka Jaramogi, in Bondo.
The two were present at the meeting between the ODM leader and Mt Kenya elders at the family home on October 10.
Odinga and Kenyatta have mended the deep-rooted rivalry that existed between the two families and communities by extension.
Jaramogi and Kenya's first president made several attempts at ceasefires, but they were never successful. Eyes are on their sons to see whether their friendship beats the test of time.
The head of state's overwhelming reception in Kisumu had Kenyatta hinting at frequent visits as well as getting a wife from the region.
President Kenyatta was speaking during the renaming of Kisumu’s Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Sports Ground when he stated that he would consider marrying a second wife from Kisumu.
“Sijui kama mama nyumbani ataniruhusu…akiniruhusu labda naweza kupata mtu wa kuwa ananitengenezea mambo yangu pande hii…ndio tuwe tunatembea ukijua kuna pahali utakula ugali (I don't know whether my wife will allow me to get a lady from this region. It would be nice to know that when I'm around here someone will take care of me and I have somewhere to eat),” he stated as the audience roared in laughter.
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