Members of public view body of late Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga

Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga died Wednesday from a heart attack at a hospital in India. A large crowd initially gathered at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport early on Thursday to greet his coffin, forcing the civil aviation authority to temporarily suspend operations, including some flights.

The body was due to be taken to parliament, but with supporters clambering up the gates, the authorities re-routed the coffin to Kasarani Stadium on the outskirts of the capital.