British national killed by vehicle in Kenyan president’s motorcade

A British nationalist has died aft being deed by a conveyance successful the president of Kenya’s motorcade.

Kenya’s National Police Service (NPS) has launched an probe into the incident, with section reports suggesting a antheral was knocked down portion attempting to transverse a engaged roadworthy successful Nairobi arsenic President William Ruto’s motorcade passed.

Video footage shows the motorcade speeding on Ngog Road arsenic bystanders are heard screaming pursuing the incident. Footage of the aftermath was besides shared online, showing a assemblage gathering astir the man.

Onlookers who spoke to section media said the motorcade did not halt aft the antheral was struck.

NPS spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said successful a statement: “Following a roadworthy mishap that occurred astatine Adams Arcade on Ngong Road involving a authorities vehicle, which resulted successful the decease of a pedestrian who is simply a overseas national, the NPS is present handling the substance and investigations person commenced.”

The spokesperson besides urged each motorists, pedestrians and different roadworthy users to “exercise utmost caution and adhere to postulation rules to forestall accidents”.

Police told section media the operator of the conveyance progressive successful the incidental volition look successful tribunal pursuing the investigation.

“The operator of authorities centrifugal conveyance attached to Nairobi Regional Coordinator’s bureau is retired connected currency bail awaiting to beryllium arraigned successful court,” the spokesperson said. The president was travelling connected Ngog Road arsenic portion of a circuit of the capital.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the household of a British antheral who died successful Kenya and are successful interaction with the section authorities.”

Ruto has been president since September 2022, and made his archetypal authoritative sojourn arsenic president to the UK the pursuing month.

He has faced a bid of controversies, and past twelvemonth backed down from signing a concern measure into instrumentality that would person accrued taxes aft wide protests swept the state and became deadly, with reports of much than 20 radical being killed.

Ruto was besides investigated by the International Criminal Court implicit unit pursuing the 2007 elections, which near hundreds dead. He denied murder, deportation and persecution charges, and successful 2016 the ICC dropped its lawsuit against him, citing insufficient evidence, but refused to acquit him.

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