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Four people were killed in the capital city when security forces discharged weapons and used teargas to disperse enormous assemblies at a venue where opposition leader Raila Odinga's body was lying in state.

Political Leader Honored

Odinga, who remained a significant presence in Kenyan politics for many years, succumbed on that day at 80 years old while in hospital care in the subcontinent.

He fought tirelessly for multi-party democracy, and we benefit from those liberties today because of his work.

Chaos Breaks Out at Stadium

Countless followers congregated on the streets from early morning, with disorder breaking out when a large crowd breached a entrance at the capital's primary venue, causing armed forces to shoot skyward.

• Two individuals lost their lives to gunfire at the stadium
• Death toll later rose to four people
• Numerous individuals got wounded
• Police deployed chemical agents to disperse thousands attendees

Airport Event and Parliament Confrontation

During the morning, numerous of mourners temporarily invaded the capital's aviation hub, halting a official event where the head of state and government representatives were receiving Odinga's corpse with formal recognition.

This situation led to a brief stoppage of flight activities.

Assemblies also flooded adjacent streets and tried to enter parliament, where the authorities had first arranged the public viewing.

Political Impact and Ethnic Devotion

Although primarily recognized as an government critic, Odinga served as senior minister in 2008 and also struck a alliance with the leader last year in a political journey defined by shifting alliances.

He inspired passionate devotion among adherents, notably in his ethnic group based in the country's west, many of whom believe he was denied the highest office by electoral fraud.

Many of Odinga's supporters, who were not living in 1991 when Kenya became a pluralistic political system, expressed respect to Odinga's contributions as an campaigner.