{"id":123252,"date":"2025-10-17T07:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/live-leaders-arrive-at-nyayo-stadium-for-railas-state-funeral\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T07:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:08:10","slug":"live-leaders-arrive-at-nyayo-stadium-for-railas-state-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/live-leaders-arrive-at-nyayo-stadium-for-railas-state-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Leaders arrive at Nyayo Stadium for Raila\u2019s State Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>State Funeral Service, Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zySwxPc4nO\">https:\/\/t.co\/zySwxPc4nO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamsRuto\/status\/1979070014201434436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 \u2014 Dignitaries arrived at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi for the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, who died last week in India.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the early arrivals are Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chief Justice Martha Koome.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania\u2019s former President Jakaya Kikwete also arrived at the venue in the company of Vice President Philip Mpango. <\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto, arrived at the venue at 9.30am and was received by Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Charles Kahariri. <\/p>\n<p>President Ruto will lead the nation in paying final respects to the veteran opposition leader and democracy icon.<\/p>\n<p>Security remains tight within and around the stadium, with military honour guards lining the red carpet in preparation for the arrival of the casket, which will be borne in a ceremonial procession by the Kenya Defence Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral service, which will feature prayers, eulogies, and tributes from both local and international leaders, in part of activities forming national mourning for the 80-year-old reformist set to be laid to rest on Sunday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Funeral Service, Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi https:\/\/t.co\/zySwxPc4nO \u2014 William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) October 17, 2025 NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 \u2014 Dignitaries arrived at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi for the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, who died last week in India. Among the early arrivals are Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, [&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-123252","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\/123252","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=123252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}