One of the stories of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Francis Ogolla that have refused to go away is that of Bomas.
The events of the August 2022 general election at Bomas of Kenya in which late General featured prominently took centre stage during his funeral on Sunday.
Speaking during the event, Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale laid bare the matter as he sought to defend Ogolla while revealing a discussion he had with him a few months after the incident.
Duale recounted a phone conversation in which Ogolla explained how it had continued to affect him mentally to the extent of losing weight.
“He called me and the family can agree with me, we had a conducive discussion; that he had even lost weight, that this thing was disturbing him,” said Duale.
In his speech, Duale said that past text messages were showing that General Ogolla was sent to Boma of Kenya by senior members of the National Security Council.
“The General shared text messages with me from his superiors and members of the National Security Council at the time. He was given directions by a leader to go to Bomas. When he got there, the IEBC Chair kept them waiting for five hours after which he said results to be announced at 3 pm,’ Duale says.
‘When he asked what he was doing, he was told to stay with his colleagues. Before his appointment, we had a one-on-one discussion with him for hours at my home before he discussed with the president,”
Following the alleged happenings, President William Ruto directed that members of NSC can never delegate the attendance or membership to their juniors, Duale says.
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