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Court declines to halt Raila Odinga's burial over violation of Luo customs

 Crowd escorting the remains of Hon. Raila Odinga along Mombasa road in Nairobi.[Wilbrforce Okwiri,Standard]

The High Court on Thursday declined to stop the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, dismissing an urgent plea by a Luo elder who claimed the planned 72-hour interment violates cultural traditions.

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