The number of Kenyans who lost their lives in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 has risen to 36 from the initially reported 32 fatalities.
Kenya’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Catherine Mwangi, on Sunday, confirmed to the People Daily that four more Kenyan citizens had lost their lives in the March 10, 2019, ET 302 airline crash.
She revealed that the four recently identified Kenyan victims of the fatal plane crash had been initially overlooked as they were travelling on passports of other countries.
However, it has since been established that they held dual citizenship and they actually had Kenyan passports as well.
Ms Mwangi disclosed that the next of kin of the recently identified Kenyans had been informed but declined to reveal their identities.
This came in the wake of a sombre memorial service for the plane crash victims that was held at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, in Nairobi.
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary(PS), Macharia Kamau, was in attendance as members of the bereaved families paid respect to their departed.
Families are to settle for burying soil gathered from the site of the crash after learning that the identification of the remains could take up to six months, with most victims burnt beyond recognition
The Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash left 157 people dead and countless families bereaved.
Ethiopia's Transport Minister, Dagmawit Moges, disclosed that initial investigations into the cause of the crash revealed several similarities to the Indonesian (Lion Air) disaster that occurred in October 2018.
