Mama Ida asks women to name children after Raila and her
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Mama Ida appeals to Homabay women to name their children after Raila and her as a way of remembering her family
Mama Ida appeals to Homabay women to name their children after Raila and her as a way of remembering her family.
Mama Ida Odinga, the wife of Azimio leader Raila Odinga, has urged Homa Bay mothers to give their children the names of her family as a tribute to them.
Girls in the county should be given the name Ida, and boys Raila, according to Mrs. Odinga.
“It will be a legacy. I am saying this because I love Homa Bay,” she said during the launch of the Homa Bay County Sexual and Gender-Based Violence policy on Wednesday.
She suggested naming their daughters after Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga for those who did not wish to do so.
She claimed that her affection for Homa Bay stems from her prior school experiences there.
Mrs. Odinga attended Ogande Girls in Homa Bay Sub-county, where she is putting up a library and talent centre.
She encouraged parents from the county to admit their children to the school to benefit from the centre.
“It will be unfortunate if students from other regions are admitted to the school but the ones from the county are locked out,” Mrs. Odinga said.
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During the event, Mrs. Odinga asked pregnant women to go to the dais so that she could reward them.
About 15 women walked from the crowd to the dais and Mrs. Odinga gave them Sh1,000 each.
More women kept going up and it got to a point where she could not sustain the number and had to send some back.
She asked community members from where the women come from to monitor the women before they gave birth.
“Watch over them to ensure they deliver safely. But they should also name their children after myself and Raila,” Mrs. Odinga said.
She also encouraged women to engage in income-generating activities to avoid domestic violence from their husbands.
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