deaths
January 20, 1994
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (born 1911)
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga was a Kenyan politician who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He served as Kenya's first vice-president, and thereafter as opposition leader. Odinga's son Raila Odinga is a former prime minister, and another son, Oburu Odinga, is a former assistant minister in the Ministry of Finance.