Cord leader Raila Odinga has mourned death of veteran politician John Keen who died on Sunday aged aged 90, at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi where he had been admitted.

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Raila described Keen as a personal friend who always fought for his people(Maasai)."The late John Keen was a personal friend to 

whom I turned from time to time on matters of national interest. His passing is a personal loss", Raila wrote on his Facebook page.

Keen served as assistant minister in 1980s during the former President Daniel Moi's KANU  era.

He also served as Kajiado North MP from 1969 to 1979 under KANU before falling out with Moi over the proposed Majimboism (devolved governments)