Kenya mourns the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga

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Kenya mourns the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga  Kenya is in mourning following the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a towering figure in the country’s political landscape who ran for the presidency five times over three decades. Odinga died on Wednesday in India after suffering a heart attack.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/15/kenya-mourns-the-death-of-former-prime-minister-raila-odinga  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Kenya is mourning the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a towering figure in

00:06the nation's politics who sought the presidency five times over three decades.

00:11President William Ruto paid tribute, calling him a giant of democracy and declared seven

00:17days of national mourning while flags will fly at half-mast.

00:21We have lost a beacon of courage, a tower of principle and a father of our democracy.

00:31Let us come together as he always urged us to do, not as rivals but as brothers and sisters

00:39bound by a shared destiny.

00:43Odinga died Wednesday in India after a heart attack.

00:47His death comes just months after striking a political pact with President Ruto that brought

00:51his party into government.

00:54In a political career spanning decades, Raila Odinga offered a compelling model of principled

01:00politics.

01:01And at a critical moment in our nation's journey, he always put Kenya first before individual

01:10or personal interest.

01:14May his soul rest in eternal peace.

01:19Though he never became president, Odinga was revered as a statesman whose activism helped

01:24shaped Kenya's multi-party democracy.

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