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Ex Nyeri Town MP escapes unhurt after plane crash-lands

The former Nyeri MP Esther Murugi, at scene where her chartered aircraft crashed [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

A former Nyeri Town MP and her family yesterday escaped unhurt after a light aircraft they were travelling in crash-landed at Nyaribo Airstrip in Nyeri.

Esther Murugi said she had just come from visiting a bereaved friend and was travelling back to Nairobi with her son and daughter-in-law when the plane came down shortly after take-off.

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