🔗 Share this article Tragedy Strikes as 4 Lose Lives During Mourning for Kenya's Opposition Leader Raila Odinga A quartet of persons lost their lives in the capital city when security forces shot and deployed teargas to scatter enormous assemblies at a sports arena where opposition leader Raila Odinga's remains was on public view. Political Figure Mourned The politician, who was a major force in the nation's political landscape for many years, succumbed on midweek at age 80 while receiving medical treatment in the subcontinent. He struggled relentlessly for multi-party democracy, and we benefit from those freedoms today because of his work. Chaos Erupts at Venue Countless followers gathered on roadways from sunrise, with disorder breaking out when enormous throng broke through a entrance at Nairobi's main stadium, causing military personnel to discharge weapons upward. A pair of persons lost their lives to gunfire at the stadium Fatalities eventually reached to four people Scores of individuals got wounded Law enforcement employed irritants to scatter numerous grievers Aviation Hub Event and Government Building Confrontation Earlier in the day, countless of grievers temporarily invaded the capital's aviation hub, interrupting a official event where President William Ruto and dignitaries were welcoming Odinga's body with military honors. This event prompted a temporary halt of airport operations. Crowds also flooded adjacent streets and tried to enter the government complex, where the administration had first arranged the open visitation. Political Impact and Community Devotion Though mainly known as an government critic, Odinga became head of government in 2008 and also struck a political pact with the leader last year in a career defined by changing partnerships. He generated intense commitment among adherents, notably in his cultural background based in the country's west, many of whom believe he was denied the nation's leadership by election irregularities. Numerous of Odinga's supporters, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a pluralistic political system, expressed respect to Odinga's work as an advocate.