Nairobi, October 15- Thousands of Kenyans have gathered at Migwena Sports and Cultural Grounds in Bondo, Siaya County, to mark the first anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Thursday, October 15, 2026, gathering has attracted supporters from across the country, with school buses and public service vehicles ferrying attendees to the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grounds have been filled with orange, the colour associated with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), as supporters wear party attire and T-shirts bearing Raila\u2019s image. Traditional Ohangla music, songs and chants have also set the mood, with attendees dancing as they celebrate the life of the veteran politician popularly known as Baba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vendors have joined the celebrations, selling oranges as the town welcomes thousands of mourners and supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The anniversary follows a series of events held in Raila\u2019s honour. On Wednesday, October 14, his family and political leaders participated in a candle-lighting ceremony at the Kang\u2019o ka Jaramogi mausoleum in Bondo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raila\u2019s widow, Ida Odinga, welcomed those who had travelled to honour her late husband and urged Kenyans to uphold the values of peace and unity he championed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, October 15- Thousands of Kenyans have gathered at Migwena Sports and Cultural Grounds in Bondo, Siaya County, to mark the first anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The Thursday, October 15, 2026, gathering has attracted supporters from across the country, with school buses and public service vehicles ferrying attendees to the venue. The grounds have been filled with orange, the colour associated with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), as supporters wear party attire and T-shirts bearing Raila\u2019s image. Traditional Ohangla music, songs and chants have also set the mood, with attendees dancing as they celebrate the life of the veteran politician popularly known as Baba. Vendors have joined the celebrations, selling oranges as the town welcomes thousands of mourners and supporters. The anniversary follows a series of events held in Raila\u2019s honour. On Wednesday, October 14, his family and political leaders participated in a candle-lighting ceremony at the Kang\u2019o ka Jaramogi mausoleum in Bondo. Raila\u2019s widow, Ida Odinga, welcomed those who had travelled to honour her late husband and urged Kenyans to uphold the values of peace and unity he championed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388","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=4388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4389,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388\/revisions\/4389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}