News about Raila Odinga

Mourners have descended on Nairobi to honor marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was tragically killed in a car accident on Sunday. The runner died on Sunday in Kenya at the age of 24 with his mentor, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, 37, who was wounded in a road accident near Kaptagat. The area in the south-west of Kenya is well known as a training base for distance runners.

Kelvin Kiptum, the world's longest-serving marathoner, died at the age of 24 after a car accident in Kenya. Gervais Hakizimana, Rwanda's coach, was killed in the road accident near Kaptagat, which is also known as a distance runners' training base. Kiptum set history in October when he clocked 2:00.35 to win the Chicago Marathon, smashing his fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge's world record by 34 seconds. His record was only officially published by World Athletics last Tuesday.

The British government published a notice requesting that presidents attending the Queen's funeral travel by coach rather than by train. However, some world leaders, such as US President Joe Biden, were allowed to visit using private vehicles. After the Queen's coffin had notified on its ride from Westminster Abbey to Windsor, several of Europe's royals, it turned out, were waiting up to 20 minutes at a bus stop.

At the height of controversies surrounding allegations of voter manipulation and a postponement of the announcement, Nairobi's election results center saw a brawl between officials, with William Ruto controversially proclaimed the winner. Four out of seven election commissioners said they did not know the results nor take part in the announcement, and supporters of rival presidential candidate Raila Odinga were up in arms. The scuffles, which culminated in chairs flying and punches, occurred as it appeared that a backer of Raila Odinga threatened to prevent the head of the election commission from speaking out. Despite Mr Ruto's arrival at the national tallying center at 1 p.m. local time for the anticipated announcement, Mr Odinga did not turn up. Mr Odinga's chief election agent said he would not ask him to attend the tallying because his team was unable to verify some of the findings. We can't take responsibility of the outcome that will be revealed,' Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice chair Juliana Cherera told reporters, 'opaque's process was 'opaque'.