Son of Kenyan opposition leader found dead at home

Son of Kenyan opposition leader found dead at home
Updated 04 January 2015

Son of Kenyan opposition leader found dead at home

Son of Kenyan opposition leader found dead at home

NAIROBI: 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,” 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.