Several leaders from Uasin Gishu county have joined rest of the world in mourning 157 persons who died after an Ethiopian Airline plane en route to Kenya from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia crashed on Sunday.
Through their official Facebook pages, Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi, his Moiben counterpart Silas Tiren and former Uasin Gishu gubernatorial aspirant Zedekiah Kiprop aliasBuzeki sent their condolence message to all the bereaved families.
“I wish to extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of all those who perished in the recently reported crash of Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737,” Sudi posted.
On his part, Tiren said, "Saddened by the news of the Ethiopian Airline ET302 Boeing 737 that crashed on its scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya. I extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of all those who perished.”
A screenshot of MP Tiren's Facebook post. [Source/Lennie Croozy]
Buzeki wished the bereaved families God's strength during the dark hours.
“My prayers and sympathies go to the victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian airlines, may the good Lord give their families abundant grace at this dark hour of tragic loss. We stand with the families of our departed Kenyans,” he posted.
The Boeing 737-800 7max crashed only a few minutes after taking off with 149 passengers and 8 crew members.
All those who were on board, 32 among them Kenyans died.
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