Raila Odinga’s Sister Clarifies About Her Father’s Wives After A Woman Claims To Be Jaramogi’s Widow

  • A woman named Anyango Jabalo has been sharing information about Jaramogi Oginga’s family and claiming she was his wife
  • Jabalo also claimed that he wanted Jaramogi’s rejected children to be considered in his inheritance
  • Welcoming people to her home, Raila Odinga’s sister, Akinyi Wenwa, gave details about her father’s famous wives

The former Prime Minister’s sister Raila OdingaAkinyi Wenwa, has come forward to talk about their father’s marriages after a woman named Anyango Jabalo claimed that she was his wife.

Akinyi Wenwa has opened up about his father’s wives. Photo: Wenwa Akinyi, Anyango Jabalo.
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Anyango claimed that one of Jaramogi’s wives brought her to the former Vice President’s house, where she was taken as his wife.

He also claimed that the family, especially Raila’s wife, Ida Odingathey refused to take care of other Jaramogi children who live in poverty.

Anyango demanded that his children get a share of Jaramogi’s inheritance so that they can sell the property and use the money to build themselves.

However, when he was welcoming guests to his house in Kasipul, Wenwa decided to discuss the woman’s claims where he said that their father married his second wife, after their mother, Mary Juma:

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“First of all, Jaramogi started a second wife in 1968. His second wife was called Gaudencia Adeya and the woman who was the mother of his children, later she disagreed with Mzee and remarried elsewhere. Then Mzee married Nyangi’s mother, Susan Agik. With her they gave birth to Susan and Omondi. After that there was Mama Betty, and they were Jaramogi’s only wives.” he said.

Here are some comments from people online:

  • @Jett Otieno said: “But one cannot know if her father had a side plan, so maybe the other woman may be telling the truth.”
  • @Irene Akinyi said: “These are difficult things in Jaramogi.”
  • @Akothee Firstborn said: “This Anyango is only giving fairy tales on TikTok.”
  • @Wafulan said: “The family needs to accept the legacy that Jaramogi and Orengo wrote.”
  • @Viv Favor said: “The truth will set us all free.”
  • @Josh Morhino said: “Jaramogi has a surviving brother who is in a good position to erase Jaramogi’s social status and not his children because of competing interests.”
  • @John Ochieng said: “I know Susan personally, she tells the truth.”
  • @Ndalos said: “So what is bothering Mrs. Anyango Jabalo?”
Jaramogi Oginga.
The vice president of Kenya, Jaramogi Oginga. Photo: Kisumu Archives.
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What does the Jaramogi family tomb look like?

Kang’o Ka Jaramogi section there BondoSiaya County, is a historic family residence and also the final resting place of the famous Odinga family.

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The large square houses the tomb of the First Vice President of Kenya, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, which also serves as a museum displaying important political and personal items.

After his death in October 2025, former Prime Minister Raila was buried at the site, fulfilling his wish to be buried with his parents.

The area also has a family cemetery where some of Raila’s siblings and his eldest son, Fidel Castro Odinga, were laid to rest.

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