Oburu Odinga

{{Short description|Kenyan politician (born 1943)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Oburu Oginga | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | office = Senator for Siaya County | term_start = 8 September 2022 | predecessor = James Orengo | office1 = Member of the East African Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 2017 | term_end1 = 2022 | office2 = Assistant Minister for Finance | term_start2 = 2008 | term_end2 = 2013 | president2 = Mwai Kibaki | prime_minister2 = Raila Odinga | office3 = Member of Parliament | constituency3 = Bondo | term_start3 = 1994 | term_end3 = 2013 | predecessor3 = Oginga Odinga | successor3 = Gideon Ochanda | birth_name = Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony | party = Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) | relations = Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (father)<br>Raila Odinga (brother)<br>Ruth Odinga (sister)<br>Winnie Odinga (niece) | occupation = Politician | alma_mater = | known_for = Kenyan politics }}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} '''Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga''' (born 15 October 1943) is a Kenyan politician who is the current senator for Siaya County since 8th August, 2022. He previously served as a member of 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 the late Raila Odinga and politician Ruth Odinga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001264622/what-you-did-not-know-about-oburu-odinga|title=Why Oburu and his brother Raila have no Christian names|publisher=standardmedia.co.ke|first=Nzau|last=Musao|date=31 December 2017|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KwIezwEACAAJ |title=Oburu Oginga: In the Shadow of My Father |publisher=Vita Books |year=2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2025 |title=Why Oburu was quickly installed as ODM party leader after Raila's death - Junet |url=https://www.citizen.digital/news/why-oburu-was-quickly-installed-as-odm-party-leader-after-railas-death-junet-n376133 |access-date=2 April 2026 |work=Citizen Digital}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 March 2026 |title=Oburu takes ODM helm, Osotsi axed |url=https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/oburu-takes-odm-helm-osotsi-axed/ |access-date=2 April 2026 |work=NTV Kenya}}</ref>

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==External links== *https://web.archive.org/web/20100416122537/http://www.raila07.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20071109172613/http://www.mzalendo.com/Members.Details.php?ID=152 *https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/12/kennedy-kalonzo-oburu-mbugua-elected-eala/ *http://www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/Graft-claims--party-politics-cost-Ranguma-his-seat-/1064-4060052-o1oi3b/index.html {{Current Kenyan MPs}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Odinga, Oburu}} Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Orange Democratic Movement politicians Category:Local politicians in Kenya Category:Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Category:Members of the East African Legislative Assembly Category:Alumni of Maranda High School