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Mourners shot dead at Raila Odinga farewell were far from clashes, BBC finds

Monday, 12 October 2026, 06:16 · 1 min read

A BBC Africa Eye investigation has found that three mourners killed by Kenyan police at the October 2025 national farewell for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium were between about 60m and 160m from the scuffles that preceded the gunfire. Forensic analysis suggests an elite unit that protects the president may have fired the fatal shots, though the BBC could not establish which bullets killed whom; Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has called the police response "restrained" and said stones were thrown, but the BBC found no evidence of that. A year on, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Kenya's police watchdog) is still investigating and no one has been held to account, leaving victims' families such as widow Yvonne Akinyi demanding answers.

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BBC World — Mourners killed by Kenya police at ex-PM's national farewell not part of violence, BBC finds ↗︎
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