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Never was a Kenyan political hero so beloved by those he led

Mourners throng JKIA, Nairobi, to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, on October 16, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]  ter

In decreeing that he be buried within 72 hours of his death, Raila Odinga, the East German-trained mechanical engineer, must have imagined his final journey with the engineer’s mindset: systematic, structured, precise.

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