Raila always topped in his class, Oburu Oginga reveals
Raila always topped in his class, Oburu Oginga say as he recount his brother’s education background.
Oburu Oginga, Raila Odinga’s elder brother has come out to reveal how the Azimio presidential contender was a sharp student in class throughout their early years at Kisumu Union and Maranda.
Speaking to NTV, on August, 7 Oburu revealed that Raila always topped his class.
“Raila was very bright, he was always number one in the class; I was sometimes number 3, 4 but Raila was always top of the class and he continued like that even when he went to Maranda,”
Raila’s academic credentials was brought into question during the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) screening of candidates.
His opponents, led by UDA presidential candidate William Ruto, questioned his academic qualifications, claiming that he did not have a university degree.
However, Oburu said Raila a degree in mechanical engineering and welding while studying abroad in Germany, before returning to the country and teaching at the University of Nairobi in 1971.
Nyeri Senator has publicly stated that Raila was his lecturer, at the University department of engineering.
The IEBC CEO, Marjan Hussein Marjan also stated previously on NTV that Raila’s academic papers were authentic.
The former EALA MP who is contesting for Siaya gubernatorial seat also recounted how his brother Raila was arrested after the 1982 attempted coup.
Oburu noted that his brother was charged with treason and he came to know through the Nation newspaper.
Oburu, recalled how he went to Kwale as a civil servant to inspect development projects.
During the rally, the then MP Juma Boy Juma called for the suspected coup plotters to be hanged.
Raila’s mother died when her son was in priso. His family pleaded with the ministry of home affairs to allow him to attend her funeral, but the late President Daniel Moi’s government could hear none of it.
“When our mother died we pleaded with the ministry of home affairs to allow him to come to the funeral but they flatly refused, we were allowed to see him almost 6 months late,” Oginga recalled.
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