The son of Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga was
found dead Sunday in his home near Nairobi, prompting a major police
investigation and minor unrest in the capital, police and media reports said.
Police said Fidel Odinga, 41, who was seen by political observers
as a potential successor to his father, returned home on Saturday night after
an evening out drinking with friends and was found dead in his bed on Sunday.
“The death… is being treated as unexplained. We are
investigating his final movements. A forensic pathologist has been called in
and a post-mortem will be conducted to establish the cause of death,” a Kenyan
detective said on condition he not be named.
Condolence messages were immediately sent to Raila Odinga by
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto, Capital FM news said.
Odinga, a former prime minister, leads the opposition
Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) and is an outspoken critic of
Kenyatta’s government. Last month he spearheaded a challenge of controversial anti-terror
laws, accusing Kenyatta of turning Kenya into a dictatorship.
The Standard newspaper’s website said reports of Fidel
Odinga’s death sparked a small but violent protest around Nairobi’s Kibera
slum. The paper said the protesters pelted motorists with stones and blocked
the roads before being dispersed by police.
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