Roads minister , assistant home affairs minister die in plane crash . Two - seater Cessna crashed in western Kenya ; president 's bodyguard and pilot also died . Both Kones and Laboso belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement party ( ODM ) , which joined Kibaki 's Party of National Unity ( PNU ) in a coalition government earlier this year under an United Nations-brokered agreement that brought an end to the violence that ripped the nation after Kibaki 's disputed re-election in late December . NEW : President Mwai Kibaki : Our country has lost symbol of immense power . Plane was flying from Nairobi to Kericho , in the Shire Highlands .
Roads minister , assistant home affairs minister die in plane crash . Two - seater Cessna crashed in western Kenya ; president 's bodyguard and pilot also died . NEW : President Mwai Kibaki : Our country has lost symbol of immense power . Plane was flying from Nairobi to Kericho , in the Shire Highlands .