Until we meet again, Capt Oyugi

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He pledged that no evidence will be left unexposed assuring the families that the team carrying out investigation is up to the task/FILE

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 21 – The last victim of the June 10 police helicopter crash that killed six government officials, Captain Luke Oyugi was laid to rest on Thursday in his home in Siaya district.

Criminal Investigative Department Director Ndegwa Muhoro who represented Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere added his voice to urging Kenyans to keep off speculation over the crash and await the investigation report.

“We should allow investigations to be complete as speculation may hinder investigation,” he said.

Just like the top leadership of the country insisted since the deaths of the six Kenyans, he called for calm.

He pledged that no evidence will be left unexposed assuring the families that the team carrying out investigation is up to the task.

“No stone will be left unturned,” he stressed.

Oyugi died together with Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, Assistant Minister Orwa Ojode, pilot Nancy Gituanja as well as bodyguards Joshua Tonkei and Sergeant Thomas Murimi.

Saitoti was buried on Saturday at his Enkasiti farm in Kitengela.

Ojode was laid to rest last Sunday at his Unga farm in his Ndiwa constituency, Capt Gituanja on Monday in Muranga, while Tonkei was buried on Wednesday at his home in Narok.

Meanwhile, the team formed to investigate the June 10 plane crash that left the country in a state of shock and disbelief started its work on Wednesday after being sworn in by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga.

The team headed by Court of Appeal Judge Kalpana Rawal visited the crash site in Kibiku area of Ngong hills to analyse the site and collect evidence.

The team comprises local investigators and French and South African aviation experts.

South African Chris Biers and another South African aviation expert are representing interests of some of the family members of the deceased government officials who perished in the crash.

Two French experts are also in the team, representing the helicopter’s manufacturer Eurocopter and the French government respectively.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga who unveiled the probe team on Monday announced that the team will not have a specific period within which to complete the task because there is a lot to be done.

The probe team draws its membership from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), the Attorney General’s office and Directorate of Public Prosecutions office.

JUDIE KABERIA

JUDIE KABERIA

Judie is a Special Projects Reporter. She has eight years experience in Journalism in Kenya and Germany. She has scooped awards in Reproductive Health, Population and Development and Gender and Development. She has participated in international conferences in Germany. She has a soft spot for human rights and justice stories.

  • Mary Moraa

    Hang on, so the President and his click go to Saitoti and Ojode’s funeral but not the other humble servants? The irony isn’t lost to me or any other open minded/thinking Kenyan.

    • Pratt

      Madam Moraa time involved in all these funerals was too long to afford every single attendance. More important though, was the “military” aspect of burials for police officers. VP Kalonzo and PM Raila managed to attend some of them. But their presence was quickly overshadowed by that of senior police officers and their colleagues. Disciplined forces require special funerals pal. However, the country is not supposed to stop when delegation is possible. Another pal suggested that all top government officials should not be at one place at the same time, for security reasons. May be they heeded that.