Kenyan Sports Community Mourns a Lover of the Game Raila Odinga

15 October 2025

Nairobi — The sports fraternity in Kenya has been thrown in somber mood after the passing of a lover of the game Raila Odinga at 80.

Raila was the patron of Kenya's most successful football club Gor Mahia and loved attending Harambee Stars matches, his latest appearance being at the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani.

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