Kenyan minister dies in crash
2008-06-10 17:48
Nairobi - A Kenyan cabinet minister and an
assistant minister died on Tuesday along with two others when a light plane crashed near the Masai Mara game reserve,
officials said.
Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and assistant minister for
home affairs Lorna Laboso were aboard the plane with a pilot and
a security guard, a spokesperson for their party said.
"I am confirming that they were on the plane that crashed. I
am not confirming that they are dead, but the police are
confirming that all aboard died," Orange Democratic Movement
party spokesperson Salim Lone said.
Narok District police boss Patrick Wambani said all four
people in the plane died.
"The plane came down on an unoccupied house and
disintegrated, killing all four occupants," Wambani told Reuters.