Ida Odinga comments on Raila’s health status amid anxiety
By David Nthua, October 8, 2025Ida Odinga, the wife of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party Leader Raila Odinga, has dismissed reports that the veteran politician is gravely ill.
Speaking in Migori on Tuesday, October 8, 2025, Ida questioned where propagandists were getting information about her husband’s health, insisting that he was in good condition and only out of the country for a short rest.
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“In the past week, there have been rumours claiming Raila is sick. If his condition were truly as serious as they say, I would have taken him to a hospital here in Migori for treatment,” Ida said.
She expressed surprise that outsiders seemed to know more about Raila’s condition than his own family members.
“How can someone who doesn’t live with him claim to know his health status, while I, who stays with him, am unaware of any issues?
“What I’m telling you is the truth: Baba is okay,” she added.
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Her remarks come amid growing speculation over Raila Odinga’s health and whereabouts. In recent days, several ODM leaders and allies have come out to clarify that the opposition chief is doing well and has not been hospitalised.
Moses Kuria’s message about Raila’s health
On his part, Former Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria defended Raila, recalling how the ODM leader personally visited him several times when he was admitted to the hospital.
“In 2020 during COVID, I was hospitalised for 40 days. Baba Raila Amolo Odinga risked his life and visited me in the hospital. In late 2021 and early 2022, I was hospitalised for five months, and he visited me three times at Karen Hospital and once time in Dubai,” Kuria wrote.
“This most compassionate man is the one some are bad-mouthing about his health in political rallies. This pains me to the core. Politics is not everything.”
Raila’s spokesperson Dennis Onyango has also maintained that the ODM leader is in good health, saying, “Raila travelled out of the country on Friday evening – one of the many trips he has made this year, and definitely not the last.
He is not indisposed, as prayed for by his frustrated opponents.”
He noted that Raila has always been open about his health, citing past occasions when he personally informed the public of his hospitalisation.