Arrival of Raila Odinga’s remains in Kisumu grounds the busy lakeside city as mourners stampede to view body
Members of the Luo Council of Elders, clad in traditional regalia and carrying flywhisks were also on standby to perform cultural rites of welcoming home the region’s most revered son. The stadium is awash with orange colour as thousands of mourners clad in orange outfits continue streaming in, many carrying portraits of the former prime minister and waving placards.
Heavy security mounted in Kisumu city as thousands mourners turn out to mourn Kenya’s former Odinga prime minister
Raila Odinga’s widow, Ida, had appealed during the service for Kenyans to mourn peacefully. His brother, Oburu, called on mourners not to give police any reason to use teargas or force.
‘Truce is not peace’: In the media, truce means bombing has stopped, in Gaza it’s a frightened breath and an ache of survival
The truce there is a short breath between two suffocations. And here, the calm feels like betrayal. Words lose meaning when you know the distance between language and reality is measured in pain. I saw a short video of a woman still searching for her son’s body under the rubble – even after the truce. She said: “The war didn’t stop inside me.”
Kisumu port revival sees cargo haulage rise from 127,000 tonnes in 2023 to 400,000 tonnes this year
Speaking during the reception of a new vessel, Mv Mpungu at the port, Makau said the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) remains committed to sustaining the growth momentum through continued investment in infrastructure to attract more vessels and enhance efficiency.
Luo Council of Elders plead with state and Raila funeral committee to let them to perform cultural rites
According to the programme by funeral committee chaired by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, public viewing at Kisumu Show Ground would end at 3pm on Saturday and the body moved to Bondo 60km away by road.
Malindi environment and land court upholds tribunal cancellation of Lamu Coal Plant Licence
Speaking immediately after the landmark ruling, representatives of the environmental advocacy groups, hailed the ruling as a major victory for the people of Lamu and a milestone in Kenya’s climate justice movement.
Stampede at state funeral for Kenya’s iconic revolutionary Raila Odinga injures scores of mourners
Thousands of mourners waved white handkerchiefs and danced at the venue, which was bedecked with large banners with Odinga’s portrait. Others blew whistles and vuvuzelas in honour of the man they referred to as “Baba” (“Father” in Kiswahili).
Nairobi bids goodbye to Kenya’s most resilient and consequential reformist Raila Odinga who tore down country’s institutions of oppression
President William Ruto said Odinga deserved the honour for having been a legislator for 15 years, a role he used to play “a pivotal role in shaping some of the most consequential laws in our Republic’s history.”
Evidence from refugee camps in Kenya and UK qualify ‘black markets’ symbolise resistance to oppression and subjugation
I witnessed the same thing in my research on how economies emerge and grow in refugee camps, conducted in Kakuma in Kenya. People in search of safety – from war, persecution, disaster or hunger – end up in camps with inadequate services and poor opportunities.
Finally, former Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga makes ‘last journey’ to Parliament Buildings after chaos
A funeral procession is scheduled for on October 18, 2025 in Kisumu and Siaya counties, followed by a state burial on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the Kan’go Ka Jaramogi family home in Bondo, Siaya County
