{"id":636,"date":"2026-10-16T01:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=636"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:33:56","slug":"oburu-breaks-silence-amid-health-concerns-after-raila-memorial-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"Oburu breaks silence amid health concerns after Raila memorial absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ee4a5cf7-463d-46f2-b7b1-3802b432b3a2_Oburu-Oginga-alive-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ee4a5cf7-463d-46f2-b7b1-3802b432b3a2_Oburu-Oginga-alive-og_image.webp 981w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ee4a5cf7-463d-46f2-b7b1-3802b432b3a2_Oburu-Oginga-alive-og_image-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ee4a5cf7-463d-46f2-b7b1-3802b432b3a2_Oburu-Oginga-alive-og_image-768x493.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Dr. Oburu Oginga has broken his silence following online rumours about his health, expressing gratitude to his family, medical staff and party members who marked his birthday on the day of his younger brother Raila Odinga\u2019s first death anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a social media post on Thursday, October 15, Oburu reflected on the coincidence of sharing his birthday with the anniversary of Raila\u2019s death, describing the day as a moment of both celebration and grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, October 15th, is far more than just a date on the calendar, it is a sacred intersection of life and eternity,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Dr. Oburu Oginga has broken his silence following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}