Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen denies claims that a team has been formed to investigate the military plane crash that killed Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces, General Francis Ogolla, and nine other soldiers.

The CS was responding to a statement posted by lawyer Miguna Miguna, who castigated reports that Murkomen had formed the said team.

PHOTO | COURTESY CS Murkomen 

"As a department of transport, we don’t investigate military planes. Our work is strictly restricted to civilian airplanes," Murkomen responded to Miguna.

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In his post, the lawyer laughed off the claims made by a section of leaders that the CS had formed a team, saying only the President of Kenya has the powers to form and gazette such a team.

Miguna said the Chief of Defence Forces' position is higher in rank than that of the deputy president and the Cabinet Secretary, so it was not right that people were talking of a team formed by the CS.

PHOTO | COURTESY CS Murkomen 

"Remember that no one except the President of the Republic has the mandate to set up a team investigating the death of Kenya’s Chief of Defence Staff. Not a cabinet secretary," Miguna said.

Not a cabinet secretary," Miguna said.

General Ogolla died in a military chopper crash in Elgeyo Marakwet on Thursday while on official duty.