The country’s head of police operations Adamson Bungei confirmed the shooting at the 60,000-capacity football stadium in the capital Nairobi, where the viewing was to take place ahead of the funeral over the weekend.

“We have at least two deaths for now,” Mr Bungei told The Associated Press, describing what happened as a “confrontation”.

It was not immediately clear what had ignited the violence.

Thousands of mourners had escorted Mr Odinga’s body from the country’s main airport, many walking for 29 kilometres (18 miles) to the stadium.

Mr Odinga died on Wednesday in India at the age of 80, after collapsing during a morning walk.

Efforts to resuscitate him at a hospital in India’s Kerala state were unsuccessful.

As the chartered plane with Mr Odinga’s body landed on Thursday morning

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