Raila attends Sheikh Idris burial

Mombasa, Kenya: Former prime Minister Raila Odinga attended the burial of slain Sheikh Mohammed Idris in Mombasa.

The CORD leader was accompanied by Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho as he took time to console with the family.

Sheikh Idris was at the forefront in the fight against the radicalization of the youth. He was shot dead as he left a local mosque. Idris who was the chairman of Council of Imam and Preachers of Kenya ( CIPK)  had expressing fears for his life after radical youths threatened him and his group. Witnesses said he was shot near his home.