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A quartet of persons lost their lives in Nairobi when security forces opened fire and used teargas to disperse huge gatherings at a venue where opposition leader Raila Odinga's corpse was on public view.

National Figure Honored

Odinga, who was a major force in the nation's political landscape for a long period, succumbed on midweek at 80 years old while in hospital care in the subcontinent.

He campaigned vigorously for multi-party democracy, and we experience those rights today because of his struggle.

Disorder Breaks Out at Stadium

Numerous supporters congregated on roadways from dawn, with chaos breaking out when massive group broke through a barrier at Nairobi's main stadium, causing military personnel to discharge weapons upward.

• Two people perished from bullets at the stadium
• Casualties eventually reached to 4
• Numerous people were hurt
• Authorities deployed chemical agents to clear countless grievers

Aviation Hub Disruption and Government Building Confrontation

Earlier in the day, countless of supporters momentarily entered the city's air terminal, interrupting a formal proceeding where the nation's leader and other officials were accepting Odinga's remains with military honors.

This incident caused a temporary halt of aviation services.

Assemblies also occupied surrounding thoroughfares and sought to penetrate the legislative building, where the authorities had initially planned the public viewing.

National Heritage and Ethnic Support

Though mainly known as an political challenger, Odinga served as prime minister in 2008 and also struck a alliance with the leader last year in a career marked by shifting alliances.

He inspired passionate devotion among supporters, notably in his Luo community based in the country's west, many of whom believe he was deprived of the highest office by vote manipulation.

Many of Odinga's supporters, who were not yet born in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-faction governance, paid tribute to Odinga's work as an campaigner.