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Remains of Kenyans Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash Return Home

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI, KENYA - The remains of 28 of the 32 Kenyans killed in the
   crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March have arrived in
   Nairobi.

   Hearses lined up at the VIP section of Jomo Kenyatta International
   Airport early Monday morning as family members streamed in. A somber
   mood engulfed the airport as victims' families, most dressed in black,
   waited to receive their loved ones.

   Kenya's Cabinet secretary for foreign affairs, Monica Juma, was among
   the top government officials greeting the families.

   "We have had a chance to meet with the families," Juma said. "We have
   had a chance to give them a final service, interdenominational service,
   so that they can bring closure to seven months of grieving, of sorrow,
   of sadness."

   She said all the bodies of Kenyans killed in the crash have been
   accounted for; the four bodies not returned Monday were either cremated
   or interred privately by their families.

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