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Four people were killed in Nairobi when armed personnel opened fire and deployed teargas to disperse massive crowds at a stadium where political figure Raila Odinga's corpse was displayed for homage.

Political Leader Mourned

The politician, who was a significant presence in the country's governance for many years, passed away on that day at 80 years old while in hospital care in India.

He struggled relentlessly for democratic systems, and we are enjoying those rights today because of his work.

Disorder Breaks Out at Stadium

Numerous followers congregated on the streets from dawn, with disorder erupting when enormous throng breached a entrance at the capital's primary venue, leading to soldiers to shoot skyward.

• Two individuals lost their lives to gunfire at the stadium
• Casualties eventually reached to 4
• Numerous people were hurt
• Police used teargas to disperse thousands attendees

Airport Disruption and Parliament Confrontation

Earlier in the day, countless of mourners momentarily entered the city's air terminal, halting a formal proceeding where the head of state and other officials were accepting Odinga's corpse with formal recognition.

This incident caused a brief stoppage of airport operations.

Assemblies also flooded adjacent streets and sought to penetrate the legislative building, where the government had first arranged the community homage.

National Heritage and Community Backing

While predominantly identified as an political challenger, Odinga became senior minister in 2008 and also struck a political pact with the president last year in a political journey marked by shifting alliances.

He inspired passionate devotion among adherents, particularly in his cultural background based in the country's west, many of whom contend he was prevented from obtaining the nation's leadership by election irregularities.

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