in a past function from left assistant Internal Security Minister Orwa Ojode, Uhuru kenyatta and Internal Security Minister George Saitoti
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 west of Nairobi, bursting into flames as it hit the
ground.There is no word on the cause of the crash, in which at least six people were killed.
Mr Saitoti, a former vice-president, had been planning to run in a forthcoming presidential poll.
The 66-year-old was on his way to a security meeting when his helicopter crashed on Sunday.
A former senior member of the long-dominant Kanu party, Mr Saitoti joined Mr Kibaki's National Alliance of Kenya in 2002.
No date for the presidential election has so far been set. 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.