Nyanza residents throng Ksm city to mourn Luo Council of Elders chair
By Dickson Odhiambo
March 2, 2023
Nyanza residents
throng Ksm city to mourn Luo Council of Elders chair
A NUMBER of residents from Nyanza region have today thronged
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Sports Ground to mourn the departed Luo Council of
Elders Chairman Willis Opiyo Otondi who passed on a fortnight ago.
The residents some of them donned the Luo Traditional regalia
while carrying spears and shield ran around the Sports Ground to show their
last respects to the late Mzee Willis Opiyo Otondi who has been the chairman of
the Luo Council of Elders since 2010.
During a public viewing process of the body of the late Ker
of the Luo Council of Elders today, Members of the Kochia Traditional Dancers
from South Nyanza entertained the mourners with dirges praising the late Mzee
Otondi.
They went round the casket carrying the remains of the late
Otondi while dancing while donning traditional dancing garment made of sisal.
The residents braved the scorching sun within the Lake side
City to form a long queue in paying their last respect to Mzee Otondi.
Luo Council of Elders Members led by the Secretary General
Mzee Adera Osawa eulogized the late Chairman of the Council whom they have described
as being a peace-maker while he led the council as its chairman.
Elder Dorothy Awino who has worked with the late Otondi
described him as a peace loving chairman who always wanted the real unity of
the entire Luo Community both locally and those in diaspora.
The Body of the late Luo Council of Elders Willis Opiyo
Otondi will be taken to his home in Nyahera within Kisumu County where it will
stay for two days and buried on Saturday in a ceremony that Former Prime
Minister and Azimio La Umoja one Kenya Alliance Leader Raila Amollo Odinga is
expected to attend alongside other elected Luo Leaders.
The Luo Council of Elders Chairman died a fortnight ago
after a short illness.
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