Baringo County Deputy Governor Charles Kipng’ok is dead.
Kipng’ok died at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after developing breathing complications aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight that was scheduled to depart for Mombasa on Wednesday evening.
In a statement, Kenya Airways said the passenger was pronounced dead by medical personnel at JKIA while the flight KQ612 was still on the ground.
President Ruto has sent a message of condolence to the family, Governor and residents of Baringo County following the sudden death of Kipng’ok, a former Chairperson of the Kenya Tea Growers Association.
The president mourned the deceased as an amiable, astute and highly accomplished public servant and captain of industry with an enviable track record of success in the tea sub-sector.
“The sudden death of my friend Charles Kipng’ok is a big blow not only to his family, friends, Government and residents of Baringo County but to the entire country, especially the tea sub-sector where he excelled for decades before recently opting for elective politics,” said Ruto.
“It is extremely unfortunate that the unforgiving hand of death has robbed our country of Hon Kipng’ok at the start of his term as Deputy Governor, a role that would have enabled him to contribute to the transformation of Baringo County.”
Kenya Airways, 3 deaths in…
Kenya Airways, 3 deaths in a month.
It’s alarming, but hopefully it has nothing to do with them.
But at least they are trying to handle it in the right way. Hopefully cartels are not planting a seed here for them to come back and buy it for peanuts.
We need an independent investigation done before we start making assumptions.