Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Kenyan minister George Saitoti killed in crash

Who killed Saitoti?

Or more appropriately, who wants Saitoti dead?

Political assasination came with Uhuru in Kenya: it started with the
declaration of state of emergency in 1952 and was reproduced under
Mzee after 1963.



On 6/11/12, Oluwatoyin Ade-Odutola <kole2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What is this? Is this some kind of evil competition between Nigeria and
> Kenya?
> What is happening? Some idiots throws a bomb in Nigeria, later you read that
> it also happened in Kenya
> We just had a plane crash, now Kenya has its share
> I thought this copy cat thing was with Ghana in the days of Coups
> What is happening oooo?
> Kole
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Hetty ter Haar <>
> To: USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 3:08 AM
> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Kenyan minister George Saitoti killed
> in crash
>
> To see this story with its related links on the guardian.co.uk site,
> go to
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/10/kenyan-minister-dies-helicopter-crash
>
> Kenyan minister killed in crash
>
> George Saitoti, Kenya's internal security minister, dies along with
> five others in helicopter crash outside Nairobi
>
> Associated Press
> Monday June 11 2012
> guardian.co.uk
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/10/kenyan-minister-dies-helicopter-crash
>
>
> Kenya's internal security minister was killed along with five other
> people in a helicopter crash near Nairobi on Sunday, the vice
> president said.
>
> George Saitoti and his deputy, Orwa Ojode, were among those killed
> when a police helicopter crashed on the outskirts of the capital, vice
> president Kalonzo Musyoka said.
>
> Two pilots and two bodyguards were also killed in the crash, officials
> said.
>
> The death of Saitoti is a "great tragedy that has befallen our country
> at this time as we are making elaborate preparations to hold peaceful
> elections," prime minister Raila Odinga said at the scene of the
> crash.
>
> It was not immediately clear what caused the accident. .
>
> "As we speak now, nobody knows the cause of the accident," Odinga
> said. Saitoti and Ojode were on their way to a political event in
> eastern Kenya.
>
> Saitoti, an American-trained economist and mathematician, was a deputy
> to former president Daniel arap Moi for over a decade.
>
> As security minister he was the government's spokesman on security
> matters including Kenya's decision to send troops to Somalia last
> year. Analysts say he played a key role in that decision.
>
> Saitoti often appeared on national television to reassure the public
> in the aftermath of deadly attacks blamed on the Somali militant group
> al-Shabaab.
>
> Saitoti announced last year that he would seek the Kenyan presidency
> in 2013.
>
> Odinga said the helicopter crash on Sunday morning was similar to an
> incident four years ago in which two Kenyan cabinet ministers died in
> a plane crash.
>
>
> guardian.co.uk Copyright (c) Guardian News and Media Limited. 2012
>
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