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Shock and grief in Raila's hometown of Bondo following his demise

Supporters chant at JKIA on Thursday morning as they wait to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. [File, Standard]

Shock and grief engulfed Bondo and the wider Siaya County on Wednesday following the death of former Prime Minister and ODM Party Leader Raila Amolo Odinga, who passed away in India.

News of Mr Odinga’s death sent waves of disbelief across his home region, with hundreds of mourners streaming to his Opoda Farm residence in Sakwa, Bondo sub-county, to pay their respects to a man many regarded as the father of Kenya’s democracy.

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