Tragedy Occurs as Four Die During Mourning for Kenyan Opposition Leader Raila Odinga

Four people lost their lives in Kenya's capital when armed personnel opened fire and deployed teargas to disperse huge gatherings at a sports arena where statesman Raila Odinga's body was displayed for homage.

National Leader Honored

The politician, who was a major force in the nation's political landscape for decades, succumbed on midweek at eight decades while in hospital care in the subcontinent.

He campaigned vigorously for democratic systems, and we are enjoying those rights today because of his work.

Chaos Unfolds at Stadium

Thousands devotees gathered on thoroughfares from early morning, with chaos breaking out when enormous throng forced open a barrier at the capital's primary venue, leading to military personnel to discharge weapons upward.

• Two people were shot dead at the location
• Death toll later rose to four
• Scores of persons got wounded
• Law enforcement employed irritants to disperse countless attendees

Airport Disruption and Parliament Confrontation

During the morning, numerous of supporters temporarily invaded the city's air terminal, disrupting a formal proceeding where the nation's leader and other officials were accepting Odinga's corpse with formal recognition.

This situation caused a temporary halt of flight activities.

Assemblies also flooded nearby roads and tried to enter parliament, where the administration had first arranged the open visitation.

National Legacy and Community Support

Though mainly known as an government critic, Odinga assumed the role of prime minister in 2008 and also formed a alliance with the leader last year in a political journey marked by evolving coalitions.

He generated passionate devotion among followers, notably in his ethnic group based in the country's west, many of whom maintain he was denied the presidency by electoral fraud.

Numerous of Odinga's followers, who were not living in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-party democracy, offered homage to Odinga's efforts as an activist.