Military top shots likely to succeed CDF Ogolla

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla during a past event. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

A month before Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla's death on Thursday, President William Ruto had initiated a reshuffle within the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

The changes pointed to a strategy by the President to line up his preferred army man to be the next CDF.

Ogolla was due to retire later this year, unless Ruto renewed his term for a period not exceeding one year.