An aircraft that was ferrying 8 Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance politicians experienced a tire burst at the Kakuma airstrip, Turkana county.
The politicians were heading to Lodwar after finalizing a political rally in Kakuma.
The aircraft, registration number 5Y-SPZ, was about to take off when its rear tire burst and veered off the runway.
According to eyewitness accounts, the plane was among the three fixed-wing caravan plane which was in Azimio’s presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga’s convoy.
Occupants of the ill-fated plane were not injured during the incident.
ODM leader Raila Odinga was not aboard the plane.
