Arsenal Fan Caused Marsabit Air Crash

Exactly one year ago today, a military aircraft plunged into a hill in Marsabit and killed several people including six legislators on a peace mission among them assistant minister in the president's office, Mirugi Kariuki.

To date, the government is yet to explain to the widows of the victims what transpired during that cold rainy morning in Marsabit, seconds before the plane was scheduled to touch down ahead of the peace meeting that was to bring together members of the warring communities in Moyale and Marsabit.

However, initial reports pointed towards pilot error as visibility was so poor that a crew member who survived said he had expected the plane to turn back and abort landing since heavy fog had restricted visibility to a few meters. It was also well known that the Marsabit air strip had a tricky approach with hills surrounding the place.

Astonishingly, the pilot of the ill fated plane is said to have entered a bar in Eastlands a day before the flight and consumed alcohol for several hours as he watched English football and his favourite team Arsenal. He left the bar shortly after 2 a.m., six hours before the flight.

It is therefore in order to assume that he flew drunk or with a serious hangover in complete disregard of his sensitive job. It is obvious that alcohol clouded his decisions which cost the lives of several people including his own.

The military conducted a full scale investigation as is mandatory with all air crashes but it's findings will most probably never be made public considering the fact that the armed forces usually shrouds all its activities in secrecy.

This was the worst air disaster involving a military aircraft and it also raised questions of how serviceable our military planes are especially when you take into consideration recent budget cuts in the armed forces not to mention the condition of many of the 'obsolete' planes some which were dished out as gifts by Westren countries years ago.

Anyway, the public has a right to know what transpired that fateful morning and who or what should be held responsible for it so as to ensure it never happens again.

Unfortunately, the minister of defense is one Njenga Karume who has his hands full of political utensils as he is a key member of the Kibaki kitchen cabinet and the Marsabit disaster will never be among his list of priority items hence Kenyans will never probably never know for sure what transpired.

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