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Senators blame unbridled greed for acquisition of defective military planes

Accident: Nancy Gatuanja, the pilot who perished in a plane crash that also killed Saitoti and Ojode. [FILE]

Several Senators are now blaming unbridled greed by top government officials as the reason for the depletion of the military aircraft fleet, even after the acquisition of 130 aircraft, with only 27 currently in working condition.

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah said that security is a pillar of the state and that anyone found culpable of purchasing substandard aircraft for the Kenya Defence Forces has compromised national security and has therefore committed a treasonable offence.

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