Two dead in Nyayo Stadium stampede during Raila Odinga’s public viewing
The organisation added that a total of 40 patients had been treated through ambulance services on Thursday.
Two people lost their lives on Friday in a stampede at Nyayo Stadium during the public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
According to an update from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the emergency medical response teams deployed at the stadium, more than 160 people were treated for various injuries.
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“On October 17, at the Nyayo Stadium field hospital, the multi-agency teams attended to 163 patients and referred 34 others for further care. Most injuries involved blunt trauma and fractures. Tragically, two lives were lost in the stampede that occurred today,” MSF said.
The organisation added that a total of 40 patients had been treated through ambulance services on Thursday.
The public viewing of Raila’s body began on Thursday in what started as a chaotic exercise after mourners breached security at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to join dignitaries receiving the body.
The mourners later followed the convoy to Kasarani Stadium, where at least three people were shot dead by police ahead of the start of the public viewing.
The exercise resumed on Friday afternoon following a requiem mass attended by heads of state, dignitaries, politicians, and Kenyans from all walks of life.
The national funeral committee, led by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, has appealed for calm as the mourning period enters its third day on Saturday, when attention shifts to Kisumu for the final rites ahead of Sunday’s burial.
“We will mourn in dignity. It is a heavy moment, but we must do everything possible to protect the image of our fallen leader,” Kindiki said in an update on Friday night from Karen.
Raila’s body will be airlifted by the military to Mamboleo Grounds in Kisumu on Saturday morning, where it will lie in state for public viewing throughout the day before being transported to Bondo for an overnight vigil ahead of a private interment ceremony on Sunday.
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