Late Senior Sergeant John Kinyua's children have eulogised their father as a family man who used creative tactics to instil discipline and other virtues in them.
They said their father not only used the tactics to create a strong bond in both their nuclear and extended families.
Kinyua's son Harvey Muriithi, 8, described his father as a man fond of using creative tactics to instil discipline and bravery in them.
Kinyua died on April 18 in a chopper crash alongside nine other colleagues including the Chief of the Defence Forces Francis Ogolla.
The officers died when the helicopter they were flying in came down in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Kinyua was laid to rest at Kirimunge village in Kirinyaga Central Subcounty, Kirinyaga County on Friday.
"Dad, it's painful to believe that you are gone. The memories that we created together will remain fresh in my heart," Muriithi said.
"The playtime, disciplinary tactics, the adventure and most importantly the bond that you created between our nuclear family and the extended family are beyond explanation," he said in his tribute.
To instil the virtue of bravery in him, his son narrated how his father would tell him to ride to his grandparents' home on a bicycle from Kerugoya town to his Kirimunge home, over 10 kilometres away, while he used a motorbike.
"You were just teaching me how to become a courageous man," he said.
