JUGGE Orchestra from Germany performs at Opoda farm in celebration of Raila Odinga
By Joel Masibo, November 5, 2025The JUGGE Orchestra from Gersthofen City, Germany, performed at Opoda Farm in celebration of the life of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at his home on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
The Orchestra, which comprises youth aged between 9 and 18 years, becomes the latest group to visit the grave of the late Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader, who died on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, while undergoing treatment in India.
Raila’s relationship with Germany
The late Raila Odinga had a relationship with the country of Germany, which he travelled to in 1962 to pursue further studies in mechanical engineering.
The late Odinga spent two years at the Herder Institution, which trained foreign students in the German language and was part of the philological faculty at the University of Leipzig in East Germany.
The late ODM chief received a scholarship that sent him to the Technische Hochschule of Magdeburg in 1965. Later in 1970, Raila Odinga graduated with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. While studying in East Germany during the Cold War, as a Kenyan, he was able to visit West Berlin through Checkpoint Charlie.
Meanwhile, weeks after he was laid to rest on Sunday, October 19, 2025, leaders from across the political divide and different groups of people have been streaming to Kango ka Jaramogi to condole with the family of the late.
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Kalonzo to Bondo
Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka, who was a close political ally to Raila Odinga, has also confirmed that he will be leading both the Ukambani and Mt Kenya delegations to Opoda Farm on Thursday, November 6, 2025, to visit the family and pay his tribute to the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
While speaking during Ngema Fest in Murang’a, where former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was present on Wednesday, November 1, 2025, he said that he will be leading a delegation to Opoda Farm, urging Murang’a and the entire Mount Kenya region to accompany him during his visit to the farm.
“Those of you who are able, let’s go to Opoda Farm on Thursday, in a style like no other. There is no way William Ruto and his ilk can pretend to mourn Raila Amollo Odinga; there is no way, absolutely no way. Those of you who feel you have a true inheritance in the 2010 constitution, let us all go to Bondo,” Kalonzo said.