Final homecoming: Kisumu weeps for Baba

A man who tried to break protocol was apprehended and is being administered first aid by medics after The body of Former Prime minister Raila Odinga arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Mamboleo  Kisumu, the venue for the viewing  on October 18, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Tears, disbelief, a wave of sadness, loud anguish, and an outpouring of organic love for a man befitting the status of a hero marked the scenes in Kisumu as ODM leader Raila Odinga made his final lap to the lakeside city. Baba is really gone.

Crowds battled cascades of tears, waving flags, twigs, and ODM regalia. In their faces was a glaring cocktail of disbelief, pain, and heartbreak, the grief of a people who loved and cherished him deeply.