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Kenya's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mama Ida Odinga, has declared that she will remain in the ODM Party and the broad-based arrangement. 

Kenya's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mama Ida Odinga, has declared that she will remain in the ODM Party and the broad-based arrangement. 

Speaking on Tuesday, November 1, Mama Ida Odinga said her late husband, Raila Odinga, left her in the ODM and the broad-based arrangement and has no intention of going anywhere.

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Mama Ida also urged Raila’s supporters to remain where the former Prime Minister had left them.

“Where Baba left me is exactly where I remain. Wherever he left you is where you should remain too. 

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“As for me, he left me in the broad-based arrangement and ODM, and I have no intention of going anywhere,” she said. 

File image of President William Ruto and Mama Ida Odinga. 

Mama Ida’s stance comes weeks after she opened up about how difficult life has been for the Odinga family since Raila’s death. 

Speaking during the late Raila's anniversary celebrations on October 15 in Siaya County, Mama Ida intimated that she and her children still hope that they will hear his footsteps coming into the house.

The matriarch added that no sooner had Raila passed on than the Odinga family was thrown into mourning again, which made October 2025 one of the family's darkest moments.

"This past year has not been very easy for us. Forty days after Raila passed on, we lost another member of the family. 

“These two losses were too much for the family. That is why, if you see that the family is not as excited, you should know that it has been very heavy on our hearts," she stated.

The memorial was attended by leaders from across the political divide, including Kisii Governor Simba Arati, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Siaya Governor James Orengo, Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, and Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi. 

Former Law Society of Kenya President Faith Odhiambo, Bumula MP Jack Wamboka, former Chief Justice David Maraga, and PLP leader Martha Karua were also in attendance.