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Raila insists on being called 'President' at requiem mass

Yvonne Wamalwas sister Jacqueleen Nangami (left) her Mother Domitila Nafula (centre) and her sister Stephanie Mwiti during Yvonne Wamalwa requiem mass at Consolata shrines in Nairobi county on Feb 1 2018. [Photo/Standard]

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga yesterday lightened the mood at the requiem mass of the widow of former vice president Kijana Wamalwa when he insisted on being addressed as ‘his excellency’.

Raila was among hundreds of mourners at Consolata Shrine in Westlands, Nairobi, for the service of Yvonne Wamalwa, who died last week.

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