There are four more Kenyans who died in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that Kenyans did not know about, details have emerged.
The number of Kenyans who died in the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash is now officially 36 and not 32 as previously reported, deputy ambassador George Orina said on Sunday.
Four other Kenyans who held dual citizenship were travelling on passports of other countries.
The Boeing aircraft, B-737-800MAX registration ET-AVJ, had just departed from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa when it crashed in Bishoftu.
Mr Orina did not reveal the identities of the four but said at least 30 families had already been registered.
Meanwhile, a service in honour of the victims will take place in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau is one of the dignitaries who will attend the service at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
For the service and burials, the airline has offered the bereaved bags of soil from the crash site.
“Families can take soil from the crash site and a letter will be issued from the Ethiopian Airlines attesting the same for custom’s clearance at the airport,” an advisory note issued by the airline to the families of the victims reads in part.
According to the BBC, relatives were urged to provide DNA samples either in Addis Ababa or at any of the airlines’ overseas offices.
Death certificates are expected to be issued in two weeks while DNA analysis could take up to six months.