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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.

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