DP Ruto’s pilot buried as kin demand answers

Melania Magonga, the mother of Captain Mario Magonga, lays a wreath on his grave at Mabonde village. Captain Magonga, who was DP William Ruto's pilot, died in a chopper crash in March. [Osinde Obare, Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto’s pilot Captain Mario Magonga was yesterday buried in an emotional funeral where his family demanded thorough investigations into the helicopter crash that caused his death.  

Captain Mario, 45, and four Americans died in a helicopter crash near Lobolo in Central Island National Park, Turkana County, on March 3, 2019.