{"id":123158,"date":"2025-10-15T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/15\/live-railas-body-lies-in-a-casket-outside-a-morgue-in-india-ahead-of-repatriation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:03:06","slug":"live-railas-body-lies-in-a-casket-outside-a-morgue-in-india-ahead-of-repatriation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/live-railas-body-lies-in-a-casket-outside-a-morgue-in-india-ahead-of-repatriation\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Raila\u2019s body lies in a casket outside a morgue in India ahead of repatriation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI, India, Oct 15 \u2014 A Indian official on Wednesday laid a wreath beside the casket of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a morgue in New Delhi, India, where his body lies ahead of repatriation to Nairobi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live footage from the facility showed the body arriving in a casket accompanied by two Kenyans including Odinga\u2019s security aide Maurice Ogeta at a vigil.<\/p>\n<p>The development came even as sources indicated the body was expected in Nairobi within 24 hours, with a government delegation led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi departing for India later on Wednesday to coordinate with local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Odinga, who had travelled to India for medical treatment, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, sparking an outpouring of grief across Kenya and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto ordered the lowering of flags to hast-mast as part of a 7-day mourning period and tasked Deputy President Kithure Kindiki to lead burial preparations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/10\/grief-songs-and-chaos-at-raila-odingas-karen-home-as-mourners-stream-in\/\">Grief, songs and chaos at Raila Odinga\u2019s Karen home as mourners stream in \u00bb Capital News (capitalfm.co.ke)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/10\/detention-constitutional-reform-and-handshakes-raila-odinga-bows-out-at-80\/\">Detention, constitutional reform and handshakes: Raila Odinga bows out at 80 \u00bb Capital News (capitalfm.co.ke)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/10\/kenyas-foremost-statesman-great-son-of-africa-ruto-mourns-raila\/\">\u2018Kenya\u2019s foremost statesman, great son of Africa\u2019: Ruto mourns Raila<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/10\/ruto-tasks-mudavadi-to-lead-delegation-to-retrieve-railas-body-from-india\/\">Ruto tasks Mudavadi to lead delegation to retrieve Raila\u2019s body from India<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/10\/ruto-declares-week-long-mourning-for-raila-national-flag-to-fly-at-half-mast\/\">Ruto declares week-long mourning for Raila, national flag to fly at half-mast<\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, India, Oct 15 \u2014 A Indian official on Wednesday laid a wreath beside the casket of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a morgue in New Delhi, India, where his body lies ahead of repatriation to Nairobi. Live footage from the facility showed the body arriving in a casket accompanied by two Kenyans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}