Oburu Odinga

{{Short description|Kenyan politician (born 1943)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Oburu Oginga

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| office = Senator for Siaya County

| term_start = 2022

| predecessor = James Orengo

| office1 = Member of the East African Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 2017

| term_end1 = 2022

| office2 = Assistant Minister for Finance

| term_start2 = 2008

| term_end2 = 2013

| president2 = Mwai Kibaki

| office3 = Member of the National Assembly of Kenya

| constituency3 = Bondo

| term_start3 = 1994

| term_end3 = 2013

| birth_name = Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|15}}

| birth_place = Kenya

| nationality = Kenyan

| party = Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)

| relations = Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (father)
Raila Odinga (brother)
Ruth Odinga (sister)

| occupation = Politician

| alma_mater =

| known_for = Kenyan politics

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{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

Oburu Ng'ong'a Oginga (born 15 October 1943) is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as senator for Siaya County, having been elected in the elections of August 2022. He is an immediate former member for the East African Legislative Assembly, based in Arusha Tanzania. He is the former assistant minister for finance in the 2008 Grand Coalition government and a former Member of the Kenyan Parliament.

Oburu is from the Odinga family. His brother Raila Odinga came second in the Presidential elections of December 2007, March 2013, August 2017, and August 2022. His late father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was a prominent politician at the time of independence, serving as Kenya's first vice-president, {{cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001264622/what-you-did-not-know-about-oburu-odinga|title=Why Oburu and his brother Raila have no Christian names|publisher=standardmedia.co.ke|first=Nzau|last=Musao|date=31 December 2017|access-date=5 April 2020}} an elected MP from Bondo Constituency. His sister Ruth Odinga is the former Deputy Governor of Kisumu who served from 2013 to 2017.

On 11 December 2017, Oburu was approved by the senate to represent Kenya at the EALA.

On the 25th of November 2021, Oburu Oginga launched his Autobiography titled 'In the Shadow of My Father'. He narrated his life story to one of Kenya's famous historiographers Bethuel Oduo who was Oburu's publishing consultant for the memoir writing.

He vied for senatorial seat in Siaya on the 2022 elections and won. He now serves as the senator for Siaya County.