Nine People, Including Kenya’s Military Chief, Perish in a Helicopter Crash.

Eleven other high-ranking military officers were in the crash with him. Nine more people died today, and two of them survived,” President Ruto continued, calling Ogolla a renowned four-star general.

The helicopter went down approximately 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Nairobi, the capital, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, in the western Rift Valley of Kenya. The local media said the helicopter caught fire. Reports in the Kenyan press state that Francis Ogolla was born on February 12, 1962. On April 28, 2023, he was named head of Kenya’s Defense Forces. His wife and two kids survive him.

In remembrance of the victims, the government has declared a three-day national mourning period that will begin on Friday, April 19.

“I am deeply saddened to announce the passing on of General Rancis Omondi Ogolla, the chief of the Kenyan Defense Force”. In those remarks, Kenyan President William Ruto declared the passing of the nation’s military chief on Thursday night.

Approximately 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Nairobi, the country’s capital, the helicopter crashed in Elgeyo Marakwet County in the western Rift Valley of Kenya. The local media said that the aircraft caught fire.