Nairobi, April 22 -- Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has clarified that the recently gazetted team to investigate air crashes will not extend its scope to military aircraft.

In a statement, Murkomen clarified reports that he had formed a team to investigate the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter crash that killed the Chief of Defence Forces, General Francis Ogolla, and nine others.

The CS said his office is only involved in investigating crashes involving civilian aircraft.

"Locally, we have also witnessed incidents especially involving small aircraft like the recent one at the Wilson Airport which claimed the lives of a student and an instructor. As a Department of Transport, we don't investigate military aircraft. O...