“Down the way where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain top, I took a trip on a sailing ship, and when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop,” he sang
The body was also dressed in new attire and placed in a new coffin ahead of the ceremony.
Tero Buru is both a mourning and cleansing ceremony, held to celebrate the life of the departed and to mark their final journey from the living world.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, in his own statement, described Raila as “a brother and a patriot whose handshake showed the true measure of a man.”
Former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, one of Kenya’s most enduring political figures, has died in India at the age of 80. According to Indian outlet Mathrubhumi.com, Raila collapsed during a morning walk on Wednesday at around 8:30 a.m. within the premises of an Ayurvedic facility in Kochi, where he had been receiving treatment. Medical […]
