‘It was an ordinary check-up, nothing serious’: Ida Odinga on why she didn’t accompany Raila to India

Ida Odinga has revealed that she did not accompany her husband, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to India because she understood that he was travelling for a routine medical check-up and did not believe his condition was serious.

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Ida, who spoke on Wednesday to Citizen TV at her Opoda Farm in Bondo, Siaya County, ahead of the first anniversary of Raila’s death, said she would have travelled with him had she known that he was seriously ill.

She explained that Raila was accompanied by a few members of his family, regreting that she would have joined him if she had understood that his medical condition required her presence.

“When he left for India, he was just going for a check-up. There was nothing serious. Had it been serious, I would have gone with him. I would not have left him alone,” she said.

Ida noted that the former Prime Minister underwent medical examinations after arriving in India and was reportedly doing well.

Source: Citizen Digital