{"id":29826,"date":"2024-04-21T07:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T07:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/21\/president-ruto-leads-the-nation-in-farewell-to-general-ogolla-burial-honors-accordance-with-his-wishes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T07:03:12","slug":"president-ruto-leads-the-nation-in-farewell-to-general-ogolla-burial-honors-accordance-with-his-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-leads-the-nation-in-farewell-to-general-ogolla-burial-honors-accordance-with-his-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto Leads the Nation in Farewell to General Ogolla, Burial Honors Accordance with His Wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 \u2013 President William Ruto, the Commander-In-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, will lead the nation in bidding farewell to military chief General Francis Ogolla.<\/p>\n<p>General Ogolla died in a helicopter crash on Thursday last week in Elgeyo Marakwet County alongside nine other officers.<\/p>\n<p>According to a programme released by the Kenya Defence Forces, General Ogolla\u2019s interment will strictly adhere to his wishes, with the burial conducted without a coffin.<\/p>\n<p>As a mark of respect for his service, General Ogolla, who passed away while in office, will receive a 19-gun salute from the officers he led for nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p>The burial date was determined through discussions with military leadership and state officials, in compliance with General Ogolla\u2019s request for interment within 72 hours of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>At 62 years old, General Ogolla tragically lost his life alongside nine other military personnel in a helicopter crash in Elgeyo Marakwet county on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who perished alongside General Ogolla were Brigadier Swale Saidi, Colonel Duncan Keitany, Lieutenant Colonel David Sawe, Major George Benson Magondu, and Captain Sora Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p>Also among the fallen were Captain Hillary Litali, Senior Sergeant John Kinyua Mureithi, Sergeant Cliphonce Omondi, and Sergeant Rose Nyawira.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 \u2013 President William Ruto, the Commander-In-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, will lead the nation in bidding farewell to military chief General Francis Ogolla. General Ogolla died in a helicopter crash on Thursday last week in Elgeyo Marakwet County alongside nine other officers. According to a programme released by the Kenya [&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-29826","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\/29826","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=29826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}