CDF Francis Ogolla's last working tour in the North Rift
Religious officials hold a ceremony for the remains of the people who died in a military helicopter crash that killed Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2024, in this still image taken from social media video.
Dozens of schools in the North Rift have been vandalised by bandits.
Last week, President William Ruto ordered the military to immediately rebuild schools affected by banditry in Chesegon area so that learning can resume next term.
Kenya Defence Forces chief General Francis Omondi Ogolla was on his way to the Recruits Training School in Uasin Gishu County to inspect construction works at the facility after inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of schools destroyed by bandits in the troubled North Rift region shortly before his death.
The CDF left Nairobi on Thursday morning on a working tour to visit troops deployed in the North Rift under Operation Maliza Uhalifu and inspect ongoing school rehabilitation works at Chesitet Primary School, Cheptulel Boys High School, Chepoton Primary School, Ksaa Primary School and Sablimoi Primary School aboard the Kenya Air Force Huey helicopter, it has emerged.
