Hundreds of mourners have turned up for the burial of late Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang at his home in Mbita.
Cord leader Raila Odinga, Senators, Governors, Members of Parliament are already seated for the ceremony.
The Church has begun the ceremony amid heavy presence of security.
The outspoken Homabay Senator Gerald Otieno Kajwang died on Tuesday (November 18) night at Mater Hospital in Nairobi due to cardiac arrest.
According to family sources, the former immigration minister developed breathing complications at his Runda home and was rushed to his personal physician at Mater.
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