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Kenyan minister George Saitoti killed in helicopter crash | |
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Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has been killed in a helicopter crash, officials say. | |
They say Mr Saitoti and his deputy, Orwa Ojode, died when the aircraft went down in Ngong Hills west of Nairobi. | |
There is no word on the cause of the crash, in which at least six people died. | |
Mr Saitoti - a former senior member of the long-dominant Kanu party and ex-vice-president - had been planning to run in a forthcoming presidential poll. | |
Mr Saitoti, 66, joined Mr Kibaki's National Alliance of Kenya in 2002. | |
No date for the election has so far been announced. Mr Kibaki's mandate ends in January 2013. | |
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who has also announced that he would stand, has warned against the emergence of ethnically-based political groups ahead of the election. |