Kenya’s CDF to be buried today without casket

On Saturday, during a memorial service held at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Lang'ata in the capital Nairobi, his son Joel Omondi, announced that his father's body currently lying in a casket will be wrapped in sheets before being laid to the ground.

A member of the Kenyan Army looks at a picture depicting the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General Francis Omondi Ogolla during a military honours ceremony in memory of the defence chief and nine other senior top military officers killed in a helicopter crash at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi, on April 20, 2024. (Credit: AFP)