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Four people perished in Kenya's capital when law enforcement discharged weapons and used teargas to break up massive crowds at a sports arena where opposition leader Raila Odinga's corpse was lying in state.

National Figure Remembered

The statesman, who remained a major force in Kenyan politics for many years, passed away on that day at eight decades while in hospital care in the subcontinent.

He struggled relentlessly for political pluralism, and we experience those freedoms today because of his struggle.

Chaos Breaks Out at Stadium

Countless supporters gathered on thoroughfares from dawn, with mayhem erupting when enormous throng forced open a entrance at the city's central arena, leading to military personnel to discharge weapons upward.

• Two individuals perished from bullets at the venue
• Fatalities eventually reached to four
• Scores of individuals got wounded
• Authorities used teargas to disperse countless grievers

Aviation Hub Event and Parliament Confrontation

Earlier in the day, numerous of grievers temporarily invaded the capital's aviation hub, halting a official event where the nation's leader and dignitaries were accepting Odinga's corpse with military honors.

This event prompted a temporary halt of aviation services.

Assemblies also flooded nearby roads and sought to penetrate parliament, where the government had originally scheduled the community homage.

Political Heritage and Community Backing

Though mainly known as an opposition figure, Odinga became head of government in 2008 and also formed a political pact with the president last year in a career characterized by evolving coalitions.

He inspired passionate devotion among followers, notably in his ethnic group based in the nation's western region, many of whom maintain he was denied the highest office by election irregularities.

Numerous of Odinga's mourners, who were not yet born in 1991 when Kenya transitioned to a pluralistic political system, offered homage to Odinga's work as an activist.