Rosemary Odinga is the second child of ODM party leader Raila Amollo Odinga. She is a skilled farmer and the first and only snail farmer in East Africa. Rosemary, unlike her younger sister Winnie, has shunned politics in order to focus on developing her skills.
Rosemary Odinga Early Years
Rosemary Odinga was born in Nairobi, Kenya on August 13, 1977. Raila Amolo Odinga and Mama Ida Odinga gave birth to her. Her siblings include the late Fidel Odinga, Raila Odinga Junior, and the youngest, Winnie Odinga.
In an earlier interview, she described the difficult upbringing she and her siblings through after her father was jailed by former President Daniel Arap Moi, recalling police raids on their home when she was five.