No feasting as Raila Odinga is laid to rest in Bondo

Mourners arrive as security tightens ahead of the final interment of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University in Bondo on October 19, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Former Prime Minister  Raila Odinga will be laid to rest on Sunday at his father’s home in Kan’go, Bondo, in a modest ceremony that breaks from the elaborate Luo funerary customs long associated with power and prestige.

Unlike the multi-day feasts and large gatherings typical in Luo Nyanza, Odinga’s burial will have no slaughtering of animals or large-scale cooking for mourners.