🔗 Share this article Disaster Strikes as 4 Lose Lives During Mourning for Kenya's Opposition Leader Raila Odinga Four individuals lost their lives in Kenya's capital when security forces opened fire and used teargas to disperse huge gatherings at a sports arena where political figure Raila Odinga's remains was on public view. National Leader Honored The statesman, who had been a major force in Kenyan politics for decades, passed away on Wednesday at 80 years old while in hospital care in the Asian nation. He fought tirelessly for multi-party democracy, and we experience those freedoms today because of his work. Disorder Breaks Out at Stadium Numerous followers congregated on the streets from dawn, with chaos erupting when a large crowd broke through a gate at Nairobi's main stadium, causing soldiers to discharge weapons upward. Two individuals perished from bullets at the location Fatalities subsequently increased to four Scores of persons got wounded Law enforcement employed irritants to disperse thousands grievers Airport Disruption and Parliament Standoff Previously that day, thousands of mourners momentarily entered Nairobi's international airport, disrupting a formal proceeding where the head of state and dignitaries were accepting Odinga's body with formal recognition. This event prompted a temporary halt of flight activities. Groups also overwhelmed surrounding thoroughfares and attempted to breach the government complex, where the administration had originally scheduled the public viewing. Political Heritage and Ethnic Backing Though mainly known as an opposition figure, Odinga assumed the role of head of government in 2008 and also struck a political pact with the president last year in a career characterized by evolving coalitions. He generated strong loyalty among followers, especially in his cultural background based in the country's west, many of whom believe he was deprived of the nation's leadership by electoral fraud. Countless of Odinga's supporters, who were not yet born in 1991 when Kenya established itself as a multi-party democracy, expressed respect to Odinga's work as an campaigner.