including a provincial commissioner and two crew -- were airlifted to hospital in the capital Nairobi. The group had flown to Marsabit to mediate between warring communities in the area, where conflict over pasture, water and cattle rustling is common. Among the dead were six members of parliament including assistant minister for internal security Mirugi Kariuki and assistant minister for regional development Titus Ngoyoni. The other legislators on the Kenya Air Force plane were from Marsabit, Moyale and the East African assembly. Kibaki named them as Bonaya Godana, Abdi Sasura, Guracha Galgallo and Abdullahi Adan. The other victims included an Anglican priest, two pilots, a police constable, and four government officials. It was not the first time Kibaki's government had suffered losses in a plane crash. In January 2003, newly-appointed Labour Minister Ahmed Khalif was killed when a plane carrying several ministers crashed in western Kenya. They had been visiting the region to celebrate the government's landlside victory at the polls.
