Accident claims officer deployed at Francis Ogolla’s burial

Constable Sydney Sarro a police officer who was among a group deployed to cover the funeral event of Chief of Defence Forces Gen Francis Ogolla died in an accident near the site on Sunday.

Police said the constable was on Ngiya-Nyangoma road at Nyangoma shopping centre when the accident happened.

He was aboard a police vehicle when he and his colleagues were proceeding on burial coverage of the late Gen Ogola when he jumped from the said motor vehicle.

As a result of the accident, he sustained head injuries and was rushed to Siaya County referral hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

The body was moved to the same facility morgue awaiting autopsy.

Gen Ogolla was buried at a ceremony at his home in an event attended by among others President William Ruto.

In the same area, a soldier attached to Kenya Air Force died in a road accident around the Nyamonye area along Bondo-Usenge road on Sunday night.

Corporal Paytone Mitch Opiyo died alongside a motorcyclist Richard Omondi after a head-on collision involving two motorcycles, police said.

Siaya County Police Commander Cleti Kimaiyo said the soldier was riding a motorcycle while carrying his brother Felix Opiyo and were heading towards Bondo from Usenge.

On reaching the scene of the accident, he collided head-on with an oncoming motorcycle.

The soldier who is said to have been off duty and the other rider both died on the spot.