On Monday Kenyans woke up to the news of a helicopter accident that occurred in Turkana on Sunday.
All those inside the helicopter died among them Deputy President William Ruto’s pilot Captain Mario Magonga .
Other 4 American nationals on holiday also perished. However none knew about their whereabouts.
Who are these Americans?
The four were named as follows; Kyle John Forte, Stapper Brandon Howe, Burke Anders Asher and Baker David Mar,
Burke was an entrepreneur who ran two companies based in San Diego – The Bricks Agency, which did creative and branding work for firms, and Campaign Services Group, a political campaign firm.
During his time with Campaign Services Group, Asher worked with Tim Donnelly, a former Republican representative, and Brian Jones, who still represents a large part of San Diego county. In 2012 he was fined $400 for failing to file statements of economic interests, online records show. Both of his companies now appear to be defunct.
Stapper was also an entrepreneur but worked in the design sector, starting a printing company after moving to San Diego from Michigan as a young man.
He founded two other design companies before starting up his own private equity firm called Crown Grown to acquire and improve businesses.
Kyle Forti was a married father-of-one who was originally from Claremont, California, but moved to Colorado where he co-founded a political consulting firm called D/CO.
Officers said the helicopter carrying the men came down near Lake Turkana, in northern Kenya, around 8pm on Sunday, killing all five people on board.
Police said that two helicopters had landed at Labolo camp on the edge of the lake earlier in the day, but ‘only one managed to clear the area safely’.
Magonga’s brother, politician Richard Onyonka, said the helicopter disappeared from radar around 8pm before a search operation was launched.