NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday and declared three days of national mourning. The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including Gen. Ogolla, when it crashed Thursday and caught fire in a remote area near the border with Uganda, killing nine people onboard, the president said. It is unclear what caused the crash. Gen. Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits. He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defense Forces in April last year after Gen. Robert Kibochi retired. Political controversy surrounded Ogolla even before his appointment, when he was accused by the country’s electoral commission chairperson as being part of a national security council delegation that tried to influence the outcome of the 2022 general election against President Ruto. |
VOX POPULI: China always occupied a special place in Ozawa’s heartWoman charged over Auckland hitChinese hackers breached US ambassador to China's email accountVOX POPULI: Young texters have rendered punctuation marks obsoleteVOX POPULI: Use of honorifics complex at times and not always appropriateMPs pay not a decision for politiciansVOX POPULI: Like Nobita in ‘Doraemon,’ we should never give up on ourselvesLAUSD investigating inappropriate photos being shared amongst students at Fairfax High SchoolVOX POPULI: Our anger must never cool over ‘vital’ political fundEducation Ministry workers on tenterhooks awaiting job cuts news