The Kenyans who lost their lives in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 has risen to 36 from the initially reported 32 fatalities.
Kenya’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Catherine Kamau, on Sunday, confirmed to that four more Kenyan citizens had lost their lives in the March 10, 2019, ET 302 airline crash.
She revealed that the four recently identified Kenyan victims of the fatal plane crash had been initially overlooked as they were travelling on passports of other countries.
However, it has since been established that they held dual citizenship and they actually had Kenyan passports as well.
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary(PS), Macharia Kamau, was in attendance as members of the bereaved families paid respect to their departed.
Families are to settle for burying soil gathered from the site of the crash after learning that the identification of the remains could take up to six months, with most victims burnt beyond recognition
The Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash left 157 people dead and countless families bereaved.