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Four people perished in Nairobi when security forces shot and used teargas to break up huge gatherings at a stadium where political figure Raila Odinga's corpse was lying in state.

Political Figure Honored

Odinga, who remained a prominent player in the nation's political landscape for decades, passed away on Wednesday at 80 years old while receiving medical treatment in India.

He struggled relentlessly for political pluralism, and we benefit from those liberties today because of his efforts.

Disorder Erupts at Venue

Countless followers assembled on the streets from dawn, with mayhem erupting when massive group forced open a entrance at the capital's primary venue, leading to soldiers to shoot skyward.

• Two individuals lost their lives to gunfire at the stadium
• Casualties eventually reached to four people
• Many persons got wounded
• Law enforcement deployed chemical agents to clear countless grievers

Airport Incident and Government Building Confrontation

Previously that day, countless of mourners briefly stormed the city's air terminal, interrupting a ceremony where President William Ruto and government representatives were welcoming Odinga's remains with military honors.

This situation caused a two-hour suspension of aviation services.

Assemblies also occupied nearby roads and sought to penetrate parliament, where the administration had originally scheduled the public viewing.

Political Impact and Ethnic Support

Though mainly known as an government critic, Odinga served as senior minister in 2008 and also established a political pact with the leader last year in a career defined by evolving coalitions.

He inspired passionate devotion among adherents, notably in his ethnic group based in western Kenya, many of whom believe he was deprived of the nation's leadership by electoral fraud.

Many of Odinga's supporters, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-party democracy, expressed respect to Odinga's efforts as an campaigner.