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Old 24th January 2003 | 15:37
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A 24-seat Gulfstream aircraft carrying members of Kenya's cabinet has crashed in the west of the country.


The labour minister, Ahmad Khalif, and two pilots are reported dead. Three other ministers have been injured.

It is thought that the plane clipped powerlines soon after take-off from Busia airport.

Other ministers on the plane included the water resources minister, the minister of state in the office of vice-president, the information and tourism minister and the assistant justice minister.

The plane was going to the lake Victoria post of Kisumi where the officials were to attend the commemoration of the death of one of the east African nation's leading opposition figures nine years ago.
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