Describe the political contributions of Oginga Odinga in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.

- In 1948, during KAUs meeting in Kisumu addressed by Jomo Kenyatta, Oginga Odinga urged the Luo to join KAU which became a mass political party of Kenyans.
- Between 1947, and 1949 Oginga Odinga was elected as a member of the central Nyanza district council.
- In 1957, he was elected to Legco representing central Nyanza, after the Lennox Boyd constitutional amendments.
- ln 1958, Oginga Odinga joined the other seven members of Legco to form the African Elected
Members Organization (AEMO). He became the chairman of AEMO.
- Under Oginga's chairmanship, AEMO refused to take part in Legco proceedings demanding further constitutional reforms and the release of Jomo Kenyatta
- After the split in AEMO in 1959, Odinga formed the Kenya independent movement (KIM) which continued to fight for independence.
-In 1960 odinga attended the first Lancaster House Conference where constitutional reforms
towards Kenyas independence were discussed.
-In 1960 when KANU was formed he was elected as KANUs first vice president, James Gichuru was the acting president on behalf of Jomo Kenyatta.
-ln the 1961, independence elections, he was elected to represent central Nyanza in
once again. However together with other KANU members they refused to form the government demanding for the release of Jomo Kenyatta.
-In 1962, he attended the second Lancaster House Conference where Kenya's independence constitution was drafted.
-In 1963, when Kenya attained internal self-government, he was appointed the minister for home affairs.