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| Kenyan interior minister killed in helicopter crash |
| 2012-06-10 |
| Kenyan cabinet Minister George Saitoti and his assistant Orwa Ojode were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning. Officials at the scene said the crash occurred soon after the helicopter took off from Nairobi's airport. They said that the bodies of the two government officials and four others on board the police helicopter were charred beyond recognition. Prime Minister Raila Odinga cancelled all his engagements in Nakuru to rush to the scene and said he received the news with shock and disbelief. He said, "It is particularly poignant and a bad coincidence that the deaths of Saitoti and Ojode have occurred on the fourth anniversary of the death of the late Minister Kipkalya Kones and the late MP for Sotik Lorna Laboso who also perished in plane crash in the same area." |
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| #1 Aircraft, especially helicopters, don't do well with casual maintenance, even if nobody is shooting at them or putting water in their fuel. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-06-10 14:29 |