{"id":3960,"date":"2026-01-28T06:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:26:42","slug":"i-stand-by-everything-i-said-family-pushes-back-as-oketch-salah-defends-claims-on-raila-odingas-final-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/i-stand-by-everything-i-said-family-pushes-back-as-oketch-salah-defends-claims-on-raila-odingas-final-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Stand by Everything I Said” Family Pushes Back as Oketch Salah Defends Claims on Raila Odinga\u2019s Final Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nairobi, January 28- A fresh wave of controversy has hit Kenyan political circles after a public dispute between businessman Oketch Salah<\/em> and members of the late Raila Odinga\u2019s family sparked intense debate over the narrative of the veteran leader\u2019s last moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winnie Odinga Denounces Oketch Salah\u2019s Claims<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member of Parliament Winnie Odinga<\/strong>, daughter of the late Raila Odinga, has taken a firm stand against claims made by businessman Oketch Salah about being present during her father\u2019s final moments. In an interview on Citizen TV<\/em> on Tuesday, January 27, Winnie described Salah\u2019s assertions as \u201cdangerous lies\u201d and questioned his intentions in publicizing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have met Oketch Salah, but I\u2019d like to believe nobody really knows him. A flat-out lie that you were there at the time of my father\u2019s death and you were not, and talking about things that did not occur\u2026 makes me question his intentions,\u201d she said, dismissing his account categorically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winnie Odinga also suggested authorities should look into Salah\u2019s claims, controversially remarking that he should be examined by either medical or investigative institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oketch Salah Responds on Social Media<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following Winnie\u2019s television appearance, Oketch Salah posted a response on X (formerly Twitter), acknowledging that he had watched the interview. He said his initial silence was out of respect for Mama Ida Odinga, the late leader\u2019s widow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause of the respect I have for Her Excellency the Ambassador, Mama Ida Min Piny from Migori, I chose to remain quiet. That was a deliberate decision,\u201d Salah wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he insisted that his firsthand accounts of his \u201clast moments with Baba\u201d were genuine, painful, and real. He affirmed his intention to address the matter in a forthcoming interview to lay out his perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raila Junior Weighs In<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Notably, Raila Odinga Junior<\/em>, the late leader\u2019s son, reacted to Salah\u2019s post with a one-word rebuttal: \u201cNonsense.\u201d This response reflects the perceived rejection of Salah\u2019s narrative by the immediate family and adds another layer to the public dispute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Debate and Broader Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The clash over competing accounts has stirred widespread discussion online and in political circles, highlighting how sensitive recollections of Raila Odinga\u2019s final days remain. Odinga, a central figure in Kenyan politics for four decades and former prime minister, passed away on October 15, 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nairobi, January 28- A fresh wave of controversy has hit Kenyan political circles after a public dispute between businessman Oketch Salah and members of the late Raila Odinga\u2019s family sparked intense debate over the narrative of the veteran leader\u2019s last moments. Winnie Odinga Denounces Oketch Salah\u2019s Claims East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member of Parliament Winnie Odinga, daughter of the late Raila Odinga, has taken a firm stand against claims made by businessman Oketch Salah about being present during her father\u2019s final moments. In an interview on Citizen TV on Tuesday, January 27, Winnie described Salah\u2019s assertions as \u201cdangerous lies\u201d and questioned his intentions in publicizing them. \u201cI have met Oketch Salah, but I\u2019d like to believe nobody really knows him. A flat-out lie that you were there at the time of my father\u2019s death and you were not, and talking about things that did not occur\u2026 makes me question his intentions,\u201d she said, dismissing his account categorically. Winnie Odinga also suggested authorities should look into Salah\u2019s claims, controversially remarking that he should be examined by either medical or investigative institutions. Oketch Salah Responds on Social Media Following Winnie\u2019s television appearance, Oketch Salah posted a response on X (formerly Twitter), …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3962,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/3962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}