Four people lost their lives in Nairobi when armed personnel opened fire and used teargas to scatter enormous assemblies at a sports arena where statesman Raila Odinga's body was on public view.
The statesman, who had been a major force in Kenyan politics for many years, passed away on midweek at age 80 while receiving medical treatment in the subcontinent.
He struggled relentlessly for political pluralism, and we benefit from those liberties today because of his struggle.
Numerous devotees assembled on thoroughfares from dawn, with mayhem occurring when massive group broke through a gate at the capital's primary venue, causing soldiers to shoot skyward.
During the morning, thousands of mourners momentarily entered the city's air terminal, halting a official event where President William Ruto and dignitaries were receiving Odinga's body with formal recognition.
This incident caused a two-hour suspension of flight activities.
Groups also flooded surrounding thoroughfares and tried to enter the government complex, where the administration had originally scheduled the community homage.
While predominantly identified as an government critic, Odinga became head of government in 2008 and also formed a agreement with the leader last year in a public service marked by shifting alliances.
He commanded passionate devotion among adherents, especially in his cultural background based in the country's west, many of whom maintain he was denied the highest office by electoral fraud.
Numerous of Odinga's followers, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-faction governance, expressed respect to Odinga's efforts as an campaigner.
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