A family-appointed committee will oversee commemorations during the week of October 15; organisers ask groups and individuals to route plans through the committee to ensure a unified programme.
Professor Adams Oloo will chair the family’s committee charged with coordinating activities for the first anniversary of Raila Odinga’s death.
The family plans commemorations during the week of October 15 and says a detailed programme is being developed and will be published in due course.
Individuals, groups and political entities have been asked to coordinate through the committee to keep activities inclusive, properly organised and unified.
# Summary
The family of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has created a committee to organise the first anniversary of his death. Professor Adams Oloo has been named chair. The committee is developing a programme for commemorations scheduled for the week of October 15 and will publish details once preparations are complete.
# What the family announced
The family issued a statement establishing a committee chaired by Prof. Adams Oloo to coordinate commemorative activities during the anniversary week. The stated intention is to give Kenyans who supported Raila a chance to mourn, remember and celebrate his life. The detailed programme is still being developed.
# Coordination request to the public
The family asked individuals and organisations planning tribute events to register and coordinate with the committee. The family said routing activities through the committee will help make the commemorations "properly coordinated, inclusive and unified." The committee will announce the programme when preparations are complete.
# Timeline and next steps
# Context and overlapping plans
# Practical implications for organisers and supporters
If you plan an event or want to participate: contact the family's committee once it announces contact details and the programme. Coordinating through the committee is the route the family has requested so events are included in a unified schedule and to avoid duplication or conflicting activities.
# Why this matters locally
The family frames the anniversary as an occasion for supporters to have a formal opportunity to grieve and remember. Multiple organisers and overlapping programmes mean a central coordination effort is designed to help manage logistics, timing and inclusivity across family-led and party-led activities.
# Bottom line
A family-led committee chaired by Prof. Adams Oloo will set and publish the official programme for Raila Odinga's first death anniversary planned for the week of October 15. The family requests that all parties planning commemorative activities coordinate through the committee to ensure a unified and inclusive set of events.
The family of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has assured supporters that it is making appropriate preparations to commemorate the first anniversary of his death. To oversee the anniversary events, the family constituted a planning committee chaired by Prof. Adams Oloo to coordinate commemorative activities
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