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ODM names October ‘Mwezi wa Baba’ to mark a year since Raila’s death.
ODM has set aside the whole of October as Mwezi wa Baba, a month of events marking one year since former Prime Minister Raila Odinga died on October 15, 2025.
The party said the month recognises his "tireless contribution to our country's democracy and his Pan-Africanism". Raila represented Lang'ata, which then included Kibra, in Parliament from 1992 to 2013.
The programme
October 2: candle-lighting across the country at 6pm
October 9: memorial rally in Kakamega town
October 10 to 15: family-led events, ending with the main memorial service at Kang'o Ka Jaramogi, Bondo
October 17: memorial rally in Garissa town
October 18 and 19: events at the Coast
October 20: Mashujaa Day
October 21: events in Kajiado County
October 23 to 25: events in Turkana County
October 31: closing rally in Nairobi County
The party has not yet named a venue for the Nairobi rally.
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ODM has set aside the whole of October as Mwezi wa Baba, a month of events marking one year since former Prime Minister Raila Odinga died on October 15, 2025.
The party said the month recognises his “tireless contribution to our country’s democracy and his Pan-Africanism”. Raila represented Lang’ata, which then included Kibra, in Parliament from 1992 to 2013.
The programme
October 2: candle-lighting across the country at 6pm
October 9: memorial rally in Kakamega town
October 10 to 15: family-led events, ending with the main memorial service at Kang’o Ka Jaramogi, Bondo
October 17: memorial rally in Garissa town
October 18 and 19: events at the Coast
October 20: Mashujaa Day
October 21: events in Kajiado County
October 23 to 25: events in Turkana County
October 31: closing rally in Nairobi County
The party has not yet named a venue for the Nairobi rally.
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