Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Sunday revealed that he and the late Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), General Francis Ogolla were engaged in a late-night conversation the day before he met his fateful death.
CS Kuria revealed that he had requested General Ogolla to deploy doctors from Kenya’s military to critical hospitals in the country to aid during the doctors' strike.
According to Moses Kuria, the conversation was held on the sidelines of the National Wage Bill Conference which came to a close on Wednesday, April 17.
Speaking on Sunday in Siaya during the General's funeral service, the CS stated General Ogolla agreed to deploy 50 doctors.
“Just the previous day, we were with the CDF at the Wage Bill Conference and we were conversing with the CDF because I had put in a request for him to assist us with doctors from the KDF, and he promised to assist us with up to 50 doctors,” stated Moses Kuria.
CS Kuria elaborated that the doctors would be sent to critical centres of treatment such as the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Aside from the deployment of the doctors from the military, Moses Kuria explained that Ogolla was instrumental in ensuring the country was ready for the Africa Climate Summit.
According to Moses Kuria, Ogolla deployed the KDF to ready the facilities at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), which prior to the decision, were not in the best condition to host the global event.
CS Kuria eulogized Ogolla as a gentle and polite person which he termed as commendable given his rank.
Moses Kuria elaborated that he intends to emulate Ogolla's success in building the military's capacity to shape the National Youth Service (NYS).
Further, the CS urged people to emulate the CDF in terms of preparedness for eventualities such as death, given that the CDF had prepared his kin for such an eventuality.
CDF Ogolla passed on Thursday, in a chopper crash that cost him and 9 other military officers their lives.
Ogolla has been eulogized as the shortest-serving CDF in the country’s history having held the top military position for only a year.
