[This article has been updated to include latest photo and video from the scene of the accident and more details]
A Cessna plane with three journalists on board on Wednesday afternoon crashed shortly after takeoff at Wilsom Airport.
The plane was ferrying three Citizen journalists, two reporters and a cameraman, to a National Super Alliance (NASA) rally in Baringo, according to preliminary reports.
The journalists and crew, who are said to be safe, were taken to Nairobi West Hospital and are said to be in stable condition.
Police Airwing Commandant Rodgers Mbithi confirmed that the plane crashed at the Southern Bypass near Kibera, besides the National Housing Corporation houses in Lang’ata. It was heading from Wilson to Kabarak.
NASA is scheduled to hold rallies in Tiaty, Kabarnet and Eldama Ravine in Baringo County.
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