Raila Odinga has this morning left the country for South Africa to attend the funeral of anti-apartheid icon Winnie Mandela.

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The ex-wife of the former South African president Nelson Mandela died on April 2 at a hospital in Johannesburg after a long illness.

Winnie will be laid to rest in the tranquil and exclusive Fourways Memorial Park tomorrow, Saturday.

The park is the same place where her late great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela was buried in 2010 after being hit by a car.

"H.E Raila Odinga and Mama @IdaOdinga departing for Johannesburg South Africa where they shall be attending the funeral of anti-apartheid icon Winnie Mandela," Odinga shared on Twitter Friday morning.

Odinga with his wife Ida at the JKIA Friday morning. [Photo/@RailaOdinga]

On Thursday, the former prime minister visited former President Daniel Arap Moi at his Kabarak residence.

According to Odinga's spokesperson Dennis Onyango, the opposition leader paid Moi a visit to wish him well. 

Odinga with Moi on Thursday, April 12, 2018. [Photo/@RailaOdinga]

Moi returned to the country late last month from Israel, where he had gone for medical check-ups.

On January 27, 2017, the former president underwent a minor surgery on his knee at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

Odinga also briefed Moi about the famous handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 9.