In the wake of Raila Odinga’s passing, intimate digital relics have surfaced, stirring widespread emotion. Colleagues and close friends have shared clips of their final chats, casting a poignant spotlight on the last hours of a life that seemed too full to end.
Among them is political satirist *Gabriel Oguda*, who revealed details of his final WhatsApp exchanges with Raila.
Oguda says the ODM leader attempted to contact him twice, before their delayed connection allowed a short two‑minute conversation. Moments later, Raila called him back for a shorter chat “to pass on a message he had missed during the earlier call,” Oguda disclosed.
Oguda’s shared screenshots showed the missed calls and the short conversations. His caption read:
“Twice I missed Baba’s call … After speaking for two minutes, he called me back … He passed on a message he had missed … I am lost for words.”
Social media was awash with reactions. Many Kenyans expressed grief and curiosity, wondering what weighty message the veteran leader wanted to share before his departure.
Elsewhere, activist Kasmuel McOure also shared a screenshot of his own last conversation with Raila. In their chat, McOure had asked Raila whether to accept two invitations he had received.
Raila’s response encouraged him to accept both, highlighting them as opportunities to learn and to share their experience with others. McOure later paired the screenshot with a deeply personal tribute:
Meanwhile, Raila’s elder brother Oburu Oginga has been visibly emotional, giving tearful tributes while urging Kenyans to let grieving families mourn in peace. Oburu also revealed he had a final phone call with his brother just hours before his passing, during which Raila was “vibrant, up and kicking.”
Taken together, these fragments of digital conversation offer more than grief they carry echoes of closeness, urgency, responsibility, even love. In those short calls, Raila was himself: earnest, engaged, caring. As Kenya mourns, the screenshots linger like whispers from the past, urging the living to listen closely.
By tuko