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Irony as Suluhu, Museveni praise Raila but bar opposition leaders from attending burial

Mourners gather to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. [PCS]

A contradiction of sorts played itself after the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

As tributes poured in, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni hailed the ODM Leader as a statesman and political icon. 

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