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Raila Farewell: How authorities plan to avert chaos in Kisumu

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga State funeral procession from Parliament to Nyayo National stadium on October 17, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Security organs in Kisumu are competing against time to refine their security arrangements to avert any potential crisis ahead of the arrival of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Kisumu on Saturday.

A mammoth crowd is expected to turn up to pay their last respect to a man who was the torch illuminating the region's political path. 

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