It is so unnatural and painful for parents to bury their children. It is against the law of nature. But some of these things happen and we cant fathom the pain that people go through.
Raila Odinga, has endured so many pains. Right from his arrest in the 1980s to losing three presidential elections, most of which he was the favorite to win.
But that is nothing compared to the pain he endured, when he helplessly watched his son Fidel Odinga die in his arms on the morning of 4th January 2015. That is a nightmare that he has never publicly talked about.
Before his demise, Fidel had told friends that he was recovering from food poisoning after an outing in Naivasha the previous weekend.He turned down drinks shortly after having lunch with eight friends in Nairobi, saying he was recovering from the food poisoning.
Two of his longtime friends, former Kenya Football Federation official Tom Alila and a lawyer who sought anonymity, said Fidel had told them about his mild illness.
Fidel died in his father Raila Odinga’s arms in his residence at Bel Air Country Homes, off Miotoni Road, Karen, only hours after coming back from a night out in Westlands.
He had been driven home by a Smart Fellows taxi driver in his Range Rover Autobiography, Registration Number KCA 026V, from Sankara Hotel, Westlands, at about 4am.
The door of his house was opened by a house help and Fidel walked into his bedroom and went to bed.
Shortly thereafter, his wife, Lwam Gatachaw Bekele, who was nursing their baby, was woken up by a commotion and found Fidel in distress. He is reported to have been gasping for breath in bed.
The wife called her parents-in-law, Raila and his wife Ida, who left their Kerarapon home and drove to residence.
A doctor was called to attend to the ailing Fidel, but he died before being transferred to hospital.