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Kenya Mourns Defense Chief Killed In Helicopter Crash

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Kenyan President William Ruto (left) appointed General Francis Omondi Ogolla as defence chief a year ago AFP Kenya began three days of mourning on Friday after its defense chief and nine other senior military officers were killed in a helicopter crash, the latest accident to blight the nation's military. General Francis Omondi Ogolla, the Chief of the Kenya Defense Forces (CDF), was killed when his helicopter went down shortly after takeoff in a remote area of northwestern Kenya on Thursday. "A distinguished four-star general has fallen in the course of duty and service of the country," President William Ruto said as he announced the deaths that evening.

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