{"id":3891,"date":"2025-10-18T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2025-10-19T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:53:05","slug":"president-mourns-odinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/?p=3891","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT Mnangagwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Mukudzei Chingwere-<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Herald Reporter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent condolences to his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto and the people of Kenya following the death of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mr Odinga (80) died of a heart attack on Wednesday in India, where he was receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">A memorial service was held in his honour in Nairobi yesterday and he will be buried tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mr Odinga is viewed as a towering figure in Kenyan politics, known for his unwavering commitment to the development of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">As tributes pour in from across the globe, President Mnangagwa yesterday reaffirmed the bonds of friendship and solidarity shared between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt was with deep shock and profound sadness that I learnt of the passing on of Mr Raila Amolo Odinga, the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya on October 15, 2025,\u201d said President Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cOn behalf of the Government, the people of the Republic of Zimbabwe, my family and indeed my own behalf, I extend to you, Your Excellency and the bereaved Odinga family, our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">He said the former prime minister will be remembered for his distinguished service to the development of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cWe will forever cherish Mr Odinga\u2019s commitment to our shared regional and continental developmental aspirations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cPlease accept, Your Excellency and dear brother, our heartfelt sympathies and the assurances of my highest consideration,\u201d said President Mnangagwa in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mukudzei Chingwere-Herald Reporter PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent condolences to his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto and the people of Kenya following the death of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4096,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891\/revisions\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/railaodinga.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}