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Odinga funeral

Sunday 06 February 1994 00:02 GMT
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NYAMIRA-KANGO, KENYA - Tens of thousands of mourners bade farewell to Oginga Odinga, the grand old man of Kenyan politics, at a funeral in his western homeland. 'Odinga was a friend, a courageous man and a great Kenyan. I join you in mourning,' said President Daniel arap Moi in a tribute to the 82-year-old opposition leader with whom he had often been at loggerheads. Reuter

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