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President Uhuru visits soldiers injured in Kajiado chopper crash

Kenya Air Force soldiers recuperating at the Kenya Defence Forces Memorial Hospital. A military aircraft they were in crashed at Eremet area in Oltinga, Kajiado West on June 24, 2021. [PSCU]

President Uhuru Kenyatta this evening visited and wished quick recovery to Kenya Air Force soldiers recuperating at the Kenya Defence Forces Memorial Hospital in Mbagathi, Nairobi County following the fatal helicopter accident in Magadi on Thursday.

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has however remained tight-lipped on the number of casualties in the helicopter crash that reportedly claimed the lives of 10 Kenya Air Force (KAF) soldiers and injured 13 others.

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