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A year on, Gen Ogolla's crash still unexplained

Kenya Defence Force pay last respects to former military chief General Francis Ogolla, who was killed in a military helicopter crash, at Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

A year has passed since the tragic death of Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Omondi Ogolla, yet the government has not released findings from its investigation into the military helicopter crash that claimed his life.

The Canadian company tasked with analysing the wreckage and engine has not returned them to Kenya, further delaying inquiries into the crash that killed the General and nine other officers. The cause of the accident remains unclear.

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