{"id":4353,"date":"2025-03-23T14:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzz7.info\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2025-03-23T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:21:28","slug":"british-man-killed-in-kenya-after-being-knocked-over-by-presidents-speeding-motorcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4353","title":{"rendered":"British man killed in Kenya after being knocked over by president\u2019s speeding motorcade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential escort motorcade arrives in Kibera Slum during Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit on March 13, 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span><\/div>\n

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A British national has died in Kenya<\/a> after being struck by a government vehicle that was part of the president\u2019s motorcade.<\/p>\n

The man, named as Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, was killed on Thursday following the incident as President William Ruto<\/a>\u2019s motorcade made its way to a public engagement in the capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n

The driver of the government vehicle was arrested and later released on cash bail, police spokesperson Michael Muchiri said on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A British High Commission spokesperson said it was \u201cliaising with the authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related article<\/span> Kenyan government critics mysteriously disappeared. They came back silenced<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The accident caused an outrage on social media as Kenyans questioned why the president\u2019s motorcade drivers were driving at a high speed in a busy major road.<\/p>\n

Videos shared on social media showed the victim lying on the tarmac with heavy bleeding on his head. The vehicle that hit him did not stop after the accident.<\/p>\n

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The presidential motorcade, often made up of dozens of vehicles, is driven at high speeds for security reasons, according to the police.<\/p>\n

Muchiri told the BBC that Frederick had been visiting Kenya to see his sister and nephew who are residents of the country. He said a post-mortem examination would be held.<\/p>\n

Source: edition.cnn.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Presidential escort motorcade arrives in Kibera Slum during Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit on March 13, 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. Donwilson Odhiambo\/Getty Images Nairobi, Kenya AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A British national has died in Kenya after being struck by a government vehicle that was part of the president\u2019s motorcade. The man, named as Edgar Charles Frederick, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4356,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions\/4356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}