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County police commander Samuel Mukusi told Kenyan television station Citizen TV that the MP, the pilot, and four other people had died.<br \/>President William Ruto identified the lawmaker as Johana Ng&#8217;eno, of Emurua Dikirr constituency, in a post on X.<br \/>&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his friends, the people of Emurua Dikirr, and all the victims and families affected by the helicopter crash in Mosop, Nandi County,&#8221; Ruto wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A helicopter crash in western Kenya on Saturday killed six people, including a member of parliament, police and government officials said.The helicopter crashed in Nandi County, in the North Rift region. The cause was not immediately clear. 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