Ida Odinga

Businessperson, Person

1950 –

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Who is Ida Odinga?

Ida Betty Odinga is a Kenya businesswoman, activist and educator. She is the wife of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya.

Odinga was born Ida Anyango Oyoo in 1950. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nairobi in 1974 when she was 24 years old. She worked as a teacher for more than twenty years after graduation. She married Raila Odinga, with whom she has four children.

Raila Odinga was imprisoned in 1982 as a political prisoner by the government of President Daniel arap Moi. Ida Odinga largely raised her children herself during those years while working as a teacher.

Odinga founded the League of Kenya Women Voters in 1991, which promotes opportunities for women in the political arena. She served as the chairperson of the League. She has also championed a host of other causes, many focused on women, children and health in Kenya. Odinga has advocated for the prevention of breast cancer, fistulas, and chigoe fleas. She has also mentored Kenyan schoolgirls and sat on the board of directors for an organization which aids paraplegics.

She became the managing director of the East African Spectre, a liquified gas cylinder manufacturing company, in 2003, becoming one of the first women to head a major Kenyan corporation.

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Born
1950
Also known as
  • Ida Betty Odinga
  • Ida Anyango Oyoo
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • Kenya
Profession
Education
  • University of Nairobi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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