'I am an industrialist, not a politician'; Ida Odinga distances self from politics

 “I was in a state of mourning, and that was very important to me, and therefore I was not able to come out and participate in political arraignments that we are talking about,” said Ida. 

Speaking in Mombasa during a stakeholders conference in the procurement and business sector, Ida Odinga said she is not a politician and will not engage in the ongoing political bickering. 

Ida added that there are others within the Odinga family involved in politics.

“Personally, I’m not a politician, and I hope you know that, my husband was, my daughter is, my brother-in-law is, people around me are, but I am an industrialist and not a politician,” she told journalists.

The UNEP envoy has lately been pulled into conversations on succession politics and the split being witnessed in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party, which her husband, Raila, long led. 

Her brother-in-law, Oburu Oginga, has since taken a leadership role in the party, which now has two factions.