When he died I did not cry, Winnie Odinga speaks on dealing with death of Fidel

When he died I did not cry, Winnie Odinga speaks on dealing with death of Fidel

File image of Winnie Odinga during a past address.

Raila Odinga’s lastborn daughter Winnie Odinga has opened up on memories of losing her elder brother Fidel Odinga, who died in 2015.

Sharing her story on the 'Iko Nini' podcast, Winnie said Fidel’s sudden death was not - and has not been - easy to overcome.

In her office, Winnie has a picture of Fidel on the wall and she says she misses her elder brother.

“You do not get over it, it is just something you learn to live with. There are tough times…when some people are playing with me. And I am just like ‘if my brother was here you would be done’. But it is a difficult thing losing a sibling,” Winnie said.

The 32-year-old says some days she is OK, some days it makes her sad or she might just start crying.

“Grief process is different for everybody. The most important thing is grieve, don’t act like it is not there, the only way out is going through it,” she said.

Winnie recalls how she could not cry her pain out when Fidel died, until after he was laid to rest.

“When he died I did not cry. I just started crying like when we were burying him. When doing a funeral process, many people are around, you just don’t feel it, it is after that body goes in and you are just there with your family that is when you feel it. That is when people get into depression,” she said.

Like any other funeral in Luo Nyanza, Winnie says Fidel’s was marred with its part of drama.

“That coffin was being carried like a gunia…being moved around. But before we closed it (coffin) I gave him something small to go with.”

 She recalls getting into depression and getting help from a therapist with the help of her sister. Now, Winnie has three therapists.

“I have three but I don’t tell them all the whole story. With one guy I will talk relationships…the other one daddy issues…so not everybody knows the whole story.”

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