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Four people lost their lives in the capital city when security forces shot and used teargas to disperse enormous assemblies at a stadium where opposition leader Raila Odinga's corpse was lying in state.

Political Leader Mourned

Odinga, who was a significant presence in the nation's political landscape for many years, died on Wednesday at eight decades while in hospital care in the subcontinent.

He fought tirelessly for democratic systems, and we are enjoying those freedoms today because of his work.

Chaos Breaks Out at Venue

Numerous devotees congregated on the streets from sunrise, with mayhem erupting when massive group breached a barrier at Nairobi's main stadium, prompting military personnel to discharge weapons upward.

• Two people lost their lives to gunfire at the venue
• Death toll eventually reached to four
• Many persons sustained injuries
• Law enforcement employed irritants to scatter thousands attendees

Aviation Hub Incident and Parliament Situation

Earlier in the day, thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi's international airport, disrupting a ceremony where the head of state and other officials were receiving Odinga's corpse with armed forces tribute.

This event prompted a temporary halt of airport operations.

Assemblies also flooded surrounding thoroughfares and attempted to breach parliament, where the government had initially planned the public viewing.

Political Impact and Ethnic Devotion

Though mainly known as an political challenger, Odinga became senior minister in 2008 and also established a alliance with the president last year in a career marked by shifting alliances.

He commanded strong loyalty among adherents, especially in his Luo community based in the nation's western region, many of whom maintain he was deprived of the highest office by electoral fraud.

Countless of Odinga's supporters, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a pluralistic political system, paid tribute to Odinga's work as an advocate.