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All set as Nyanza prepares to receive Raila for the last time

Body of the late Raila Odinga arrives in Kisumu.[PCS]

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday returns to the land of his birth and childhood, to a region where time seems to have stood still since his passing in India on Wednesday.

In Kisumu and Bondo, many are still coming to terms with the death of a man they revered like none before. Businesses stayed shut yesterday as residents gathered to follow Raila's state funeral live on screens mounted at different viewing spots.

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