NAIROBI, Kenya — The Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA) has listed the late Fidel Castro Odinga, son of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, among individuals with unclaimed financial assets held by various institutions across the country.
In a gazette notice dated October 16, 2025, UFAA announced that it had received claims from administrators and agents of deceased estates seeking to recover unclaimed assets.
The notice specifies that if no objections are raised within 30 days, payments will be made to the respective claimants.
“Notice is issued pursuant to Regulation 12 of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Regulations, 2016, that the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority has received claims for unclaimed assets from the following persons claiming as administrators of the estates of deceased persons and agents of the original owners,” read the notice.
According to the publication, Lwam Getachew Bekele, Fidel’s widow, is listed as the administrator of his estate, with Gulf African Bank Limited identified as the holder of the unclaimed assets.
Fidel Odinga, who passed away in January 2015, was the eldest son of the late Raila Odinga and Ida Odinga. He was married to Lwam, an Eritrean national, and together they had a son, Allay Raila Odinga. Fidel’s death — found at his home in Karen, Nairobi — remains one of the most discussed tragedies in the Odinga family.
At the time of his passing, Fidel owned several assets, including a residence at Tipuana Park along Bogani Road in Karen, parcels of land in Dalalekutuk (Kajiado County), and in Kanyawegi and Othany within Kisumu County.
His investment portfolio also included shares in Axum Investments Limited and Ambesa Investments Limited.
The gazette notice lists dozens of other estates and individuals with dormant accounts, insurance policies, and investments lying unclaimed in financial institutions such as Safaricom Plc, KCB Group, Diamond Trust Bank, Co-operative Bank, Family Bank, HF Group, and Absa Bank Kenya Plc.
UFAA urged members of the public with potential claims to review the list and file their applications promptly.
The authority, established under the Unclaimed Financial Assets Act, 2011, is mandated to safeguard unclaimed assets and reunite them with their rightful owners or beneficiaries.
This revelation comes amid ongoing efforts by the authority to improve transparency and traceability of unclaimed funds, following mounting public interest in dormant accounts and lost insurance policies.
Fidel’s inclusion in the list highlights the often complex nature of estate administration — even among prominent families — and underscores the importance of tracing and claiming unclaimed financial assets within the statutory period.
