Although she is married in Siaya county, the wife of Prime Minister Raila Odinga is one of Migori’s famous daughters.
Ida has been a major player in Kenyans’ fight for a wider democratic space through advocacy groups like the League of Women Voters which she headed for nearly a decade before leaving last year.
A teacher by profession, she is also celebrated as one the first women to head major corporate when she took over as the Managing Director of East Africa Spectre in 2003.
For more than two decades, Ida came to be known as the face of defiance to injustices and the intolerance that was witnessed during the one party state regime.
She wanted to see women end decades of poverty, humiliation, human rights abuses, violence and economic blackmail though participating in the ballot.
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HEZEKIAH OYUGI
He was one of the most powerful men in Kenya during the reign of President Moi. Born near Rongo town, the former PS for Provincial Administration and Internal Security was credited with the development of Rongo town and Kanga High school.
However, his reputation was soiled in 1990 when he was named by a Scotland Yard investigation as one of the prime suspects in the murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko.
He was arrested but freed after two weeks for “lack of evidence.” Like many of the people mentioned in the Ouko story, Mr Oyugi later died in unclear circumstances.
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DOUGLAS ODHIAMBO
Prof Odhiambo is one of the leading academics from Migori county. The chemistry professor, who was recently appointed chairman of a taskforce on education reform, is best remembered as the founding vice-chancellor of Moi University, Kenya’s second public university that was established in Eldoret in 1984.
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CHACHA NYAIGOTI CHACHA
Professor Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha, who is from Kuria in Migori, is a leading playwright and Kiswahili scholar.
He is the executive secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa and a former secretary of the Higher Education Loans Board. Among his plays are Mke Mwenza (1997), Wingu Jeusi (1987), Hukumu 92) and Marejeo (1986).
