Nkaissery (left) and Saitoti during a fundraiser in aid of PCEA Church in Rongai on March 6, 201. [Photo/Daily Nation]Saturday 8 June was a dark day for Kenya after early morning reports that Cabinet Secretary for Internal Security retired major general Joseph Ole Nkaissery had fallen.
However, Nkaisserry's death did not only shock the nation but also brought back the memories of former Vice President George Saitoti's death.
The two sons of the Maa community both met their untimely death in different scenarios with Nkaissery falling under unclear circumstances at the Karen Hospital while Saitoti succumbed to a fatal helicopter crash.
The death of Nkaissery leave a lot of questions unanswered over what may have befallen the Maasai community in recent days from the fall post-independence Maasai leader and former speaker of the August house Mr John Keen who died on December 25 2016, to the fall of self-taught and de facto leader of Maa community Mr William Ronkorua ole Ntimama on September 1, 2016.
The list now has in it Nkaissery and Saitoti, whose deaths have striking similarities.
1. They have both served as MPs in Kajiado county, Saitoti in Kajiado North, Nkaissery Kajiado Central.
2. They died at 67-years-old.
3. Both died while serving as Ministers of internal security.
4. They were both scheduled to attend a fundraiser before they met their death.
5. Both died on a weekend in the morning, Saitoti on Sunday, June 10, while Nkaissery on Saturday, July 8.