Kenyan Cabinet Minister Dies in Helicopter Crash

Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has been killed in a helicopter crash, along with an assistant minister and four other people.

The helicopter carrying Saitoti and Assistant Internal Security Minister Joshua Orwa Ojode went down around nine in the morning, local time, near the town of Ngong. Government officials say everyone on board, including the pilots and two policemen were killed. Saitoti, a former vice-president, was planning to run for president in next year’s election. He was 66 years old. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga called the event a “great tragedy,” and referred to the crash as an accident. Speaking to reporters in Nakuru, he described his last meeting with Saitoti.