Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya's longest serving leader Moi

Military officers escort a gun carriage carrying the coffin of late former Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi, draped in the national flag, during a state funeral procession to the Nyayo Stadium, the venue of the national memorial service in Nairobi, Kenya February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Kenyans gathered at an open air stadium on Tuesday for the state funeral of Daniel Arap Moi, the country's longest serving president, who died last week aged 95.

Moi's coffin, draped in the Kenyan flag, was carried on a gun carriage from the State House, the official seat of the presidency, on the 5 km (3 mile) route to the stadium in the capital, Nairobi.