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General Ogolla: First CDF to pass away while still holding office

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CDF General Francis Ogolla. [PCS]

Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Francis Ogolla's untimely death has shocked the country, not because he was one of the most protected public servants after the president but more for the kind of distinguished person he was.

He has been described as a brilliant and dedicated soldier who led from the front and became an example that was emulated by both his peers and those in junior ranks.

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