Winnie Odinga: I Haven’t Found a Confident Kenyan Man to Marry Me

East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Winnie Odinga says she is single for the first time in nine years and is looking for a potential suitor.  

In a recent interview with a local publication, Winnie noted that she is yet to find a “confident man” to marry her as those she has met before “chickened out”.

“I am single after nine years and enjoying life but I am still looking for a Kenyan man especially. I don’t mind other cultures but we all want someone who understands you and most of the time that someone is from your culture,” the 33-year-old said.

She added: “I haven’t found that confident Kenyan man yet. Those I have met start by saying they are confident, then our conversations turn into politics and when baba [Raila Odinga] calls they get shocked and chicken out.”

Winnie, who is the last-born daughter of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga, admitted that she has been under pressure from her mother Ida in the past few years to get married.

"My mother started (the marriage talk) a couple of years ago but I told her to cool down on that talk…I am young. I'm having fun. I'm in my 30s living life...There is a lot of science these days I can have a child when I am 80," she added.

She noted that the confidence she has was instilled by her father, whom she described as her best friend. 

“A woman’s confidence comes from her father. My dad and I are boys. He is very understanding and takes time to understand me,” she said.