{"id":13378,"date":"2025-10-18T11:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/dozens-of-mourners-injured-at-odinga-memorial-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:21","slug":"dozens-of-mourners-injured-at-odinga-memorial-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/dozens-of-mourners-injured-at-odinga-memorial-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of mourners injured at Odinga memorial in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Some in critical condition were taken<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to a nearby hospital, a Kenyan Red Cross official told <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reuters<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reuters<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> witness saw injured people receiving treatment at the scene in the city of Kisumu in western Kenya, the political heartland of Odinga&#8217;s Luo tribe. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Standard<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> newspaper had said on X that hundreds had <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been injured<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two people <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">were killed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and more than 160 others <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">were injured<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at Odinga&#8217;s state funeral in Nairobi on Friday, aid group Doctors Without Borders said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Odinga, a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">major<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> figure for decades in Kenyan politics who was once a political prisoner and ran unsuccessfully for president five times, died on Wednesday, aged 80, in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He commanded a passionate following in the East African nation, and a public viewing of his body on Thursday turned deadly when officers opened fire to disperse huge crowds after they breached a gate at a stadium hosting the ceremony. Three people <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">were killed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, according to the police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His body was flown from Nairobi to Kisumu on Saturday for a final public viewing. Large crowds of people could <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">be seen<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> crying, waving Kenyan flags, and at one point pushing one another in a scuffle at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A road procession had <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been planned<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> from Kisumu to his Bondo homestead, but following the incident, his body will instead <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">be flown<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to Bondo, the Standard newspaper said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13379,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-13378","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Dozens of mourners were injured on Saturday at a memorial service for Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as crowds swelled. ||Dozens of mourners were injured on Saturday at a memorial service for Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as crowds swelled. 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