Odinga’s body arrived in a chartered airplane and was honoured with a water cannon salute before a planned public viewing later in the day. Airport operations were halted for two hours as mourners walked alongside the military vehicle carrying his body from the runway to the exit.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi's international airport on Thursday, interrupting a ceremony for the body of veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga,

Passenger airfares on the Nairobi-Kisumu route have skyrocketed by more than KSh 10,000 ahead of the late former prime minister Raila Odinga's burial.