Tourists Die In Samburu Plane Crash

Two tourists lost their lives on Monday morning after a plane they were flying crashed in Samburu County.

The light aircraft came down within Sera Community Conservancy in Samburu East constituency, just a kilometre away from Kaura airstrip.

It is reported that the two French nationals,Creisson Pierre and Barbier Thiery, were on a tour of the wildlife conservancy area when the accident happened.

Confirming the incident, area acting OCPD Jackson Mulupi said that the bodies of the deceased had been flown to Wilson Airport.

"We received the information from the public that a plane had crashed in the area and later confirmed it to be true. The bodies have been flown to Nairobi," he said.