Grief met history in the early hours when Raila Odinga Junior shared a 51-second video reel on X, capturing his grandfather, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, performing a solemn Luo tribute to Kenya’s founding president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
The clip sourced from kavazi_official shows Jaramogi, Kenya’s first Vice President, standing with family members in 1978.
Holding an orengo, the traditional Luo fly whisk of authority, he moves it slowly across his body while chanting in deep, resonant Luo.
Words like “jowi” a mournful invocation to the spirits fill the air, honoring Kenyatta’s passing despite years of political rivalry. TO READ MORE, TAP HERE.