Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, a “towering statesman” over decades of upheaval, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday during a health visit to India — a political earthquake that leaves the east African nation on an uncertain path.

Emotional scenes of mourning broke out across Kenya for its perennial opposition figure, who ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times, most recently in 2022.

Hundreds gathered at his residence in Nairobi, many visibly in shock and holding branches, a symbolic gesture of respect, with some screaming “Baba” (father), as Odinga was widely known.

Indian police told AFP he was walking with his sister, daughter and a personal doctor at an Ayurvedic clinic in Kerala state “when he suddenly collapsed”.

President William Ruto declared seven days of natio

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