A fascinating tale of Luo legends

Title: Luo Clans and Legends

Author: Felix O. Okatch

There is also the legend of Luanda Magere a fearless warrior renowned for bravery. He came from Kano. The founding in 1906 of Maseno School by an Englishman, the Rev James Jamieson Willis, is also a milestone. The most prominent son of Sakwa was Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the first Vice-President of independent Kenya in 1963. His son, Raila Amolo Odinga, played a key role in the second liberation in the 1980s to restore multiparty rule. He was a former long-serving detainee, the MP for Lang’ata in Nairobi and Prime Minister. He narrowly and controversially lost his bids for President in 2007, 2017 and 2022. Achieng Oneko, one of the Kapenguria Six tried with Jomo Kenyatta and jailed over Mau Mau, who later became a Cabinet minister is also a legend. So is Walter Odede, who was also detained over Mau Mau. He was the father of Pamela Mboya, the wife of mercurial Cabinet minister Mboya, who was assassinated in 1969.

A fascinating tale of Luo legends

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