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A quartet of persons were killed in Kenya's capital when security forces shot and deployed teargas to break up huge gatherings at a sports arena where statesman Raila Odinga's remains was on public view.

National Figure Remembered

The politician, who had been a significant presence in the country's governance for a long period, succumbed on that day at age 80 while receiving medical treatment in the subcontinent.

He struggled relentlessly for democratic systems, and we experience those freedoms today because of his struggle.

Turmoil Erupts at Venue

Countless followers congregated on thoroughfares from sunrise, with chaos erupting when massive group forced open a entrance at the city's central arena, prompting military personnel to fire in the air.

• Two people were shot dead at the stadium
• Casualties later rose to 4
• Numerous individuals sustained injuries
• Authorities deployed chemical agents to disperse numerous mourners

Airport Incident and Parliament Confrontation

Earlier in the day, thousands of grievers briefly stormed the capital's aviation hub, interrupting a formal proceeding where the nation's leader and dignitaries were receiving Odinga's body with military honors.

This incident led to a brief stoppage of flight activities.

Assemblies also flooded nearby roads and tried to enter parliament, where the administration had first arranged the community homage.

Political Heritage and Community Support

Though mainly known as an government critic, Odinga assumed the role of prime minister in 2008 and also formed a alliance with the leader last year in a career marked by shifting alliances.

He inspired strong loyalty among adherents, particularly in his cultural background based in the nation's western region, many of whom contend he was denied the highest office by electoral fraud.

Countless of Odinga's followers, who were unborn in 1991 when Kenya became a multi-party democracy, offered homage to Odinga's work as an advocate.