Raila Odinga’s wife Ida Odinga has opened up on her relationship with Deputy President William Ruto’s wife Rachel Ruto.
In an interview with a local daily, Ida said that her friendship with Rachel is strained and a bit uncomfortable because of the current political situation but she is okay with the First Lady Margret Kenyatta.
“With Margaret, we are easy but for Rachel, I know with the current political situation, she may not be comfortable but what Kenyans should know is that politics is not enmity,” Ida said.
The Managing Director of Spectre International said that they would be easy with Rachel only that her husband would not allow it.
“Even with Rachel we would be easy, but I know it won’t be easy for her. The spouse may not allow her to engage me for obvious political reasons. He may not like it,” she stated.
She further said that her decisions on who to interact with especially in politics are not influenced by Raila.
“I don’t ask for permission to meet anybody. I’m a senior citizen. I’m not mzee’s little child (smiles). There are certain decisions that I can also make. If I need consultation, I’ll consult, but there are certain decisions I can make as a human being,” Ida revealed.
Rachel and Ida were friends but for quite a long time the two have not been seen together in public thus raising questions.
In a past interview, Ida said that she was closer to Rachel as compared to Margaret.
“I tend to know Rachel Ruto a little bit more than all the others because when we were still in ODM we interacted a lot and we did a lot of campaigns together but even after that, we’ve met for a cup of tea a couple of times,” she stated.
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