Dozens of mourners were injured on Saturday (October 18), during a public viewing memorial for Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga in Kisumu, western Kenya, as crowds swelled, a Kenyan Red Cross official told Reuters.

A Reuters witness saw injured people receiving treatment at the scene in Kisumu, the political heartland of Odinga’s Luo tribe.

Odinga, a towering figure 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.

A public viewing of his body in Nairobi on Thursday (October 16) turned deadly when police opened fire to disperse crowds that breached a stadium gate. Three people were killed, according to police.

His body was flown from Nairobi to Kisumu on Saturday for a final public viewing. A planned road procession to his Bondo homestead was cancelled following the incident, and the body will now be flown directly to Bondo, according to local media.

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KISUMU, KENYA (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF FIRST AID WORKERS ATTENDING TO MOURNERS / SECURITY OFFICERS CONTROLLING CROWD OF MOURNERS

2. MOURNERS QUEUING / FIRST AID WORKERS CARRYING A MOURNER ON A STRETCHER

3. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS BEING CARRIED BY FIRST AID WORKERS

4. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS QUEUING

5. SECURITY OFFICER IN RIOT HAT ON HORSE BACK

6. SECURITY OFFICER IN RIOT HAT ON HORSE BACK / MASKED SECURITY OFFICERS STANDING NEARBY

7. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS PUSHING BACK AND FORTH

8. FIRST AID WORKERS CARRYING A MOURNER / MOURNER LYING ON GROUND