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Kenyan delegation plane to Mkapa funeral forced to turn midair

An aircraft carrying President Uhuru Kenyatta's envoy to the late President Benjamin Mkapa’s funeral was forced to turn back midair on Tuesday due to bad weather.

The news was broken by Tanzania Foreign affairs and East African Cooperation Minister Prof Palamagamba Kabudi. Prof Kabudi also confirmed that the aircraft safely landed in Nairobi.

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