Oburu Odinga
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Oburu Oginga | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Siaya County | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | James Orengo |
| Member of the East African Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2017–2022 | |
| Assistant Minister for Finance | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1994–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Oginga Odinga |
| Succeeded by | Gideon Ochanda |
| Constituency | Bondo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga 15 October 1943 Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony |
| Party | Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) |
| Relations | Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (father) Raila Odinga (brother) Ruth Odinga (sister) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Kenyan politics |
Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga (born 15 October 1943) is a Kenyan politician who has served as senator for Siaya County 8th August 2022. He previously served the East African Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He is the former assistant minister for finance in the 2008 Grand Coalition government and a former Member of the Kenyan Parliament.
He is a member of the Odinga political family, the son of Kenya’s first vice president Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and the brother of politicians Raila Odinga and Ruth Odinga.[1]
On 11 December 2017, Oburu was elected to represent Kenya at the EALA. In 2021, he published an autobiography, In the Shadow of My Father, compiled by Bethuel Oduo.[2]
Following the death in 2025 of his brother Raila, he was appointed acting leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), and was later confirmed as the party leader.[3][4]
