A British man has been killed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi in presidential motorcade strike on Thursday.
As president William Ruto’s motorcade approach a public engagement in the capital, 79-year old Edgar Charles Frederick, who was at the scene, was struck to death.
Kenyan police spokesperson Michael Muchiri said on Friday that the driver of the government vehicle was arrested and later released on cash bail.
A British high commission spokesperson said it was “liaising with the authorities”.
The collision caused an outrage on social media as Kenyans questioned why the president’s motorcade was being driven at a high speed along a busy major road.
Videos showed the victim lying on the road bleeding heavily from his head. The vehicle that hit him failed to stop.
The presidential motorcade, often made up of dozens of vehicles, is driven in high speeds for security reasons, according to the police.
Muchiri told the BBC that Frederick had been visiting Kenya to see his sister and nephew who live in the country. He said a postmortem would be held.
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