Former Luo council of elders chair set to be buried

Kisumu, Kenya: Former Luo Council of elders Ker Riaga Ogalo will be laid to rest at his Oyugis home on September 6.

His body will be flown to Kisumu on Saturday for the symbolic public viewing done for most prominent Luo leaders.

The viewing will be at the Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground.

A fundraising on Wednesday attended by chairmen of Meru, Luhya, Kisii, Kikuyu and National council of elders as well as Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and former Attorney General Charles Njonjo raised Sh2.5 million.

Ker Riaga succumbed to a kidney infection at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on August 13.