General. Francis Ogolla laid to rest at his home in Alego

Chief of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla was interred at his home in Siaya county, in military style precision, with a tight-knit crowd selected into the burial site. The ceremony was crowned with a 19 gun salute, typical for a military officer in the calibre of Major Ogolla. Despite the restricted access to the burial site, thousands of mourners thronged the streets and the requiem mass which was held at Kogelo primary school to pay their last tributes. Military officers were forced to ocassionally clear the road as mourners tried to block the convoy that snaked from Kisumu all the way to Siaya county. Laura Otieno reports