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Gen Ogolla's family celebrates father's 100th birthday

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Joel Oketch father to late CDF Francis Ogolla cuts a cake to mark his 100 years birthday. [Michael Mute, Standard]

It was a bittersweet day for the family of Chief of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla as the family held birthday celebrations for his father Mzee Joel Oyeyo who turned 100 years old.

General Ogolla had organised the celebrations for his father before the unfortunate helicopter crash that claimed his life alongside other military officers.

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