Huge crowds gathered in western Kenya on Saturday to see the physique of a beloved politician, Raila Odinga, for the largest day of mourning ceremonies which have already claimed a minimum of 5 lives this week. There have been cries of “Baba” (father) and “We’re orphans” among the many tens of hundreds who packed the streets in Kisumu, the heartland of Odinga’s help, as his coffin arrived on the metropolis stadium by helicopter. Odinga, 80, died from a suspected coronary heart assault in India on Wednesday, triggering an enormous outpouring of grief throughout the nation, however significantly in western Kenya the place his Luo tribe are dominant. Particulars by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Nairobi, Bastien Renouil.
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