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Witnesses recall the moment KDF chopper crashed in a peace farm

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KDF personnel at the scene where the wreckage of a chopper carrying their boss General Francis Ogolla and other senior officers crashed at Sindar area in Marakwet East in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Friday April 19, 2024. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The tragic chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla and nine other high-ranking military officers coincidentally happened in a farm earmarked for a peace building.

This happened as the insecurity crisis in the North Rift claimed some of its biggest victims through the crash.

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