US EditionFormer Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80
Raila Odinga, Kenya's opposition icon for over 30 years, died at 80 during Ayurvedic treatment after a fatal cardiac arrest, leaving a leadership gap before the 2027 elections.
- Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, died of a heart attack at the age of 80 during a morning walk in India, confirmed local police and hospital officials.
- Kenyan President William Ruto announced a seven-day national mourning period and stated, 'We lost a beacon of courage, a tower of principle, and a father of our democracy.'
- Odinga served as Kenya's Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013 and was a significant opposition leader, running unsuccessfully for president five times between 1997 and 2022.
- Odinga will receive a state funeral, and his body will be embalmed as per instructions from the Kenyan embassy.
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Washington TimesKenyan police fire tear gas at mourners during former Prime Minister Odinga's public viewing
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas at thousands of mourners attending a public viewing for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga
Chaos As Security Forces Fire On Mourners For Kenyan Politician Odinga
Tens of thousands of mourners in Kenya fled in panic when security forces fired gunshots and teargas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose body was repatriated from India on Thursday.
UPDATE 4-Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80
UPDATE 4-Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80 Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was imprisoned multiple times while fighting one-party autocracy and ran five times unsuccessfully for president, died aged 80 on Wednesday in India. Odinga had been receiving medical treatment abroad and suffered a cardiac arrest, according to the hospital in the city of Kochi where he died.He was for decades at the heart of Ke…
Main leader of the Kenyan opposition since the 1980s and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga died on Wednesday 15 October at the age of 80.
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