Deputy President William Ruto’s pilot, Captain Mario Magonga, has died in a chopper crash in Turkana County.
Police on Monday said Captain Magonga died with all the four Americans he was flying after their helicopter came down at Lobolo in Central Island National Park at 8pm.
“Available information indicates that two helicopters had landed earlier at Lobolo tented camp on the National Park’s Island, however one managed to clear the area safely,” the National Police Service said in a statement.
“Security personnel dispatched to the scene confirmed that among the five were four Americans and the Kenyan pilot.”
