{"id":29571,"date":"2024-04-20T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/20\/cdf-ogolla-was-a-symbol-of-humility-mudavadi\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:03:07","slug":"cdf-ogolla-was-a-symbol-of-humility-mudavadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cdf-ogolla-was-a-symbol-of-humility-mudavadi\/","title":{"rendered":"CDF Ogolla was a symbol of humility \u2013 Mudavadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has hailed Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla\u2019s as a humble man, describing him as a model to be emulated. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Saturday during the Late General Ogolla\u2019s memorial Service, Mudavadi stated that he was a brilliant leader and not impulsive or emotional.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Ogolla gave very good thought to what he would say and what he intended to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was an epitome of humility, then the general who has fallen is indeed a symbol of humility. We have lost somebody who was a true example of humility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi stated that Kenya lost a great man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was truly a deserving and befitting leader of the military,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>CDF Ogolla alongside, nine others lost their lives when the Bell Huey II helicopter that was ferrying him and his entourage went down moments after take-off in Elgeyo-Marakwet\u2019s Keben area.<\/p>\n<p>Ogolla is to be laid to rest on Sunday in accordance with his wish to be buried within 72 hours upon his demise.<\/p>\n<p>The family of the late military Chief disclosed Friday that he will be buried without a casket in fulfillment of his wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Ogolla\u2019s family revealed Friday that the late CDF had already chosen his burial site in Mor village, in his Siaya home.<\/p>\n<p>According to instructions documented in his will, Ogolla requested that his body be wrapped in sheets to alleviate any undue burden on his loved ones.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has hailed Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla\u2019s as a humble man, describing him as a model to be emulated. Speaking on Saturday during the Late General Ogolla\u2019s memorial Service, Mudavadi stated that he was a brilliant leader and not impulsive or emotional. He pointed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}