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Four people lost their lives in Nairobi when armed personnel shot and used teargas to break up enormous assemblies at a sports arena where opposition leader Raila Odinga's remains was lying in state.

Political Figure Honored

Odinga, who was a prominent player in the nation's political landscape for many years, passed away on midweek at eight decades while receiving medical treatment in India.

He fought tirelessly for political pluralism, and we experience those freedoms today because of his efforts.

Chaos Breaks Out at Venue

Thousands followers congregated on thoroughfares from dawn, with chaos breaking out when massive group forced open a entrance at the city's central arena, prompting armed forces to discharge weapons upward.

• Two individuals lost their lives to gunfire at the stadium
• Fatalities eventually reached to 4
• Many individuals sustained injuries
• Authorities employed irritants to scatter thousands grievers

Aviation Hub Disruption and Government Building Confrontation

During the morning, numerous of grievers temporarily invaded the capital's aviation hub, halting a official event where the nation's leader and dignitaries were welcoming Odinga's body with military honors.

This incident prompted a temporary halt of flight activities.

Groups also flooded nearby roads and tried to enter the legislative building, where the authorities had first arranged the community homage.

Political Heritage and Ethnic Backing

Though mainly known as an opposition figure, Odinga assumed the role of senior minister in 2008 and also struck a alliance with the president last year in a career defined by evolving coalitions.

He generated passionate devotion among supporters, especially in his ethnic group based in the country's west, many of whom maintain he was deprived of the presidency by vote manipulation.

Countless of Odinga's followers, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-faction governance, expressed respect to Odinga's contributions as an advocate.