Only 500 will Bury Raila
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced that only 500 individuals will be permitted to enter the gravesite of the late ODM leader, Raila Odinga.
While speaking on Sunday, October 19, at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Siaya, Murkomen mentioned that security personnel have been assigned to oversee the large crowd expected at Raila’s funeral service.
“All the events will happen here at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University. Only a few people will be allowed to access his home. The security personnel are well prepared and stationed in every corner.
“At most, maybe 500 people will be granted access. But of course, you work with the times and the challenges. Sometimes you want to lock out people, but you find they are relatives. We will make sure that we adhere to the number. There is something solemn about the last rites which the family must go through,” said Murkomen
The Interior CS has called on the public to give Raila’s family the space they need to honor their wishes and carry out the burial in a proper manner.
“I want to request our people that we become very sensitive and give the family the moment to go through the emotions in terms of the burial itself,” Murkomen added.
This comes days after Raila’s elder brother Oburu Odinga said only a few people will be allowed in the burial ceremony.
“Raila will be buried next to our mum and dad in a private burial which will be attended only by a few people,” Oburu said on Thursday, October 16.
Raila passed away on Wednesday at the age of 80 after experiencing a cardiac arrest while taking a morning walk at an Ayurvedic treatment center in India.
The ODM leader was quickly taken to a private hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead.
The former Prime Minister will be laid to rest at the Kang’o Kajaramogi mausoleum in Bondo, Siaya County, following the funeral service at JOOUST.
Only 500 will Bury Raila
