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Azimio calls for independent inquiry into Ogolla's death

When the late KDF Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla welcomed the KDF Contingent soldiers from the DR Congo peace mission at Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi on December 21, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Raila Odinga-led Azimio la Umoja One Kenya has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla and nine other soldiers last Thursday.

The opposition also demanded a judicial inquest into the accident, faulting the ongoing investigations by the Kenya Air Force (KAF), as directed by President William Ruto, as it was "closed to civilians."

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