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[PHOTOS] Emotions high as family, leaders eulogise Oduor

George Oduor was Raila Odinga's long-serving bodyguard and aide.

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by PERPETUA ETYANG

News10 April 2025 - 21:26
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  • Oduor will be laid to rest on Friday, April 11, 2025, at his home in Ndori, near Bondo.
  • He died on Wednesday, April 2, while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
Security team and colleagues of the late Raila Odinga's bodyguard, George Oduor, carry the casket during the memorial service at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI

Friends and leaders joined the family of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s aide and bodyguard, George Oduor, for a memorial service at the House of Grace in Nairobi.

Emotions ran high as they eulogised him as an honest and dependable person who had become a family member.

The leaders included Petroleum and Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi, Westlands MP Timothy Wanyonyi and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.

Widow Caren Odour speaking during the memorial service of her husband George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI

Oduor died on Wednesday, April 2, while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.

He will be laid to rest on Friday, April 11, 2025 at his home in Ndori, near Bondo.

The former Prime Minister mourned his long-serving aide and bodyguard as a dependable rock not only to him but also to the larger Jaramogi Oginga Odinga family.
Members of Parliament during the memorial service of George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI
Nominated MP Denittah Ghati during the memorial service of George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI
Mourners line up to view the body of the late Raila Odinga's aide George Oduor during the memorial service at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI
Members of Parliament during the memorial service of the late Raila Odinga's bodyguard, George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI
Westlands MP Timothy Wanyonyi reads the eulogy during the memorial service of the late Raila Odinga's bodyguard George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's children Winnie, Rosemary, and Fidel Odinga's widow Lwam Getachew and Raila Odinga junior during the memorial service of George Oduor at the House of Grace, Nairobi on April 10, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI

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