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On the evening of January 24, 2003, news started filtering in that a plane had crashed at Busia airstrip after failing to gain height on takeoff.
The government, through the then Transport minister John Michuki confirmed that the plane, a 24-seater Gulfstream was carrying senior government officials who were part of a delegation that was celebrating former Vice President Moody Awori's homecoming after the 2002 General Election win.
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