NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of Kenyans turned out Thursday to receive the body of renowned African politician and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the country’s main airport, a day after he died in India.

Odinga’s body arrived in a chartered airplane and was given a water salute at the airport ahead of a planned public viewing in the country’s parliament in the afternoon.

The politician, who was lauded for his fight for democracy, died Wednesday after he collapsed during a morning walk and efforts to resuscitate him at a hospital in India’s Kerala State failed.

Odinga will be accorded a state funeral, including final rites Sunday at his rural home of Bondo, in the western region of the country.

According to his family, he had requested to be buried quickly, ideally within 72 h

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