Murkomen blasts Gachagua’s Ng’eno crash fuel claims as ‘cooked-up nonsense’
Key points
- Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen condemned former DP Rigathi Gachagua over comments on the death of former Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno.
- Gachagua alleged intelligence that contaminated jet fuel — supposedly moved from Lodwar and briefly stopped by KRA at Eldoret — may link to the helicopter crash after dropping Ng’eno at Endebess.
- Murkomen called the claims “made-up, cooked-up nonsense” and said Gachagua should present any intelligence to investigators.
- Gachagua raised the issue during an accountability critique of President Ruto’s four years; Murkomen accused him of exploiting deaths for politics.
A fatal helicopter crash has re-entered the political arena as allegation versus counter-allegation. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has slammed former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over claims around the death of former Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno, Capital FM reported.
Gachagua, while delivering an accountability and performance audit of President William Ruto’s four years, called for probes into unresolved high-profile deaths and said he had intelligence that fuel used by the helicopter that crashed after dropping Ng’eno at Endebess had allegedly been transported from Lodwar, with KRA officers at Eldoret briefly stopping an “unusual car” and questioning its driver. Murkomen dismissed the contaminated-jet-fuel narrative as “made-up, cooked-up nonsense,” accused Gachagua of using prominent deaths for political mileage, and challenged the Democracy for the Citizens Party leader to put any such intelligence before investigators rather than microphones.
Grief is not a campaign warehouse
Families of crash victims deserve forensic answers, not rival press conferences. If fuel contamination is a real lead, it belongs in a professional air-accident file; if it is speculation, it should not be recycled as opposition theatre.
Politics desk: Politics. Verified quotes and alleged logistics chain from Capital FM; crash causation remains for official investigators.
Investigators should issue a clear public update on what has been ruled in or out. Politicians should submit affidavits, not only soundbites.
Until a technical report is out, every “intelligence” claim will be read as 2027 positioning.
Official gazettes, court rulings and agency circulars may update these facts after publication; readers should verify any deadline, fee or court date against primary sources before acting.
Both sides should put any fuel-chain evidence into the formal air-accident and police files so the public can separate investigation from 2027 campaign theatre.
Based on Capital FM reporting. Allegations about crash causes are unproven.
