No, EALA MP Winnie Odinga has not stated that she will marry from any tribe other than the Kalenjin. - iVerify Kenya

No, EALA MP Winnie Odinga has not stated that she will marry from any tribe other than the Kalenjin.

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East African Legislative Assembly MP Winnie Odinga, revealed to Mpasho on April 5, 2023, during the launch of renowned make-up artist and entrepreneur Phoina Tosha’s own cosmetics beauty line, that she is currently single for the first time in nine years and has yet to find a confident man who can marry her, but has not specified which tribe she cannot marry.

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Verified Apr, 17 2023

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EALA MP Winnie Odinga claims she is willing to marry from any tribe except the Kalenjin.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered a video shared on Mpasho’s YouTube channel on April 11, 2023 of East African Legislative Assembly MP Winnie Odinga in an interview with Mpasho on April 5, during the recent beauty launch event held by businesswoman and influencer Phoina, in which the EALA MP states at minute 4:57 that she is still looking for the right person because they are intimidated by her father, opposition leader Raila Odinga, adding that she is seeking a confident Kenyan man, who has similar qualities to her father.

The legislature did not specify which tribe she can’t marry.

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