Overview

• Hospital officials in Kerala said Odinga collapsed during a morning walk at an Ayurvedic eye facility in Koothattukulam and was pronounced dead at Devamatha Hospital after unsuccessful resuscitation.
• Indian police described that he was accompanied by family, a personal doctor, and security officers when he fell ill, with the death recorded at roughly 9:50 a.m. local time.
• Officials said the Kenyan embassy in New Delhi was notified, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office was alerted, and his body will undergo a postmortem at a government medical college hospital before repatriation.
• Leaders across Africa and India posted tributes, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, AU Commission chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and Kenya’s former chief justice David Maraga.
• His passing removes Kenya’s dominant opposition figure ahead of the 2027 elections, following a recent pact that had brought parts of his Azimio/ODM coalition into policymaking with President William Ruto’s government.