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Its called Osimbo Mar juogi\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Luo tradition, if it were the mother who had passed, the last-born son would do the same handing back the tach (responsibility) to the father, saying, \u201cI did my best, I gave everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Luo people have deep and beautiful traditions. The last-born son gives everything to ensure the mother\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last-born daughter gives everything to ensure the father\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Mama Ida Odinga  will release Winnie, as the father has passed in her care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictures of Winnie Odinga the last born of daughter of the late Kenyan former prime minister Raila Odinga handing over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/luo.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15762,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-buganda-kingdom-mourn-former-kenyan-prime-minister-raila-odinga\/","url_meta":{"origin":15776,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni , Buganda Kingdom Mourn Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to the late Raila Amolo Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, saying he was a freedom fighter and a strong voice for Pan-Africanism. 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