Same helicopter, two crashes and a cloud of doubt over Ogolla death

Kenya Defence Forces pay their last respects to the late General Francis Ogolla, who was killed in a military helicopter crash on April 18, 2024. [File, Standard] 

On the dusty fields of Sairashie Primary School in Kajiado County, a military helicopter made a harrowing emergency landing on January 24, 2024.

Few suspected then that this same aircraft — Huey KAF 1501 — would be at the centre of a national tragedy in less than three months later.