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Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Son Raila Junior place his father's Panama hat on the casket at Nyayo National Stadium during the State Funeral Service on October 17, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
This week the author of the universe has once more reminded us of the inevitability of our mortality, regardless of power and rank in society.
As a nation and a people, we are eternally obligated to honour the contributions of the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the freedoms and democratic space that we enjoy today. These were purchased through costly personal, social and economic sacrifices by the nation’s second generation of freedom fighters, of which Raila remains a towering giant.
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