The Commission probing the helicopter crash that killed former Internal Security minister George Saitoti and his deputy Orwa Ojodeh wants the purchase contract of the ill-fated chopper made public.
Presiding judge Kalpana Rawal yesterday said they have written to the government through the Office of the President asking for the confidential contract.
The revelation emerged after Saitoti’s family lawyer Fred Ngatia requested to know the details on the warrant and maintenance of the chopper.
He made the request after the session where police air wing commandant was being stood down to allow Eurocopter witnesses to start testifying today.
Eurocopter lawyer Antony Gross protested against the demands claiming his clients were already enroute to Kenya to give their evidence.
He, however, said because of the confidentiality clause and the fact that his clients being visitors, it would be better if the sale contract information was made public by the Kenya government.
During the hearing’s, Mbithi said the records showed that no effort might have been made to reduce speed as the aircraft carrying Saitoti entered the weather.
He said the weather that morning was bad and they nearly aborted the rescue mission as they called the control tower indicating their intention to fly back to thw Wilson Airport.
Mbithi said he piloted the minister with Oyugi on February 10 to Amukura using the same aircraft and on February 17, he flew the minister to Malaba with Gituanja.
On February 18, Saitoti used the same aircraft to Kisumu for the Great Lakes University fundraiser. He flew the minister with Gituanja and they stopped at Iten for a security meeting on their way back to Wilson.
On March 19 and 25, the late Saitoti used the same aircraft to Kitui and Kipkelion respectively where the late Oyugi and the late Gituanja were designated for the first time to fly him.
On May 18 the two pilots flew the minister to Bomet. That was the last sucessful flight before the tragic accident on June 10. Mbithi said they did not frisky the bodyguards for guns but he knew they were carrying them.
He said it is a common practise to allow VIP guards to keep safe their concealed guns. He said the two pilots he assigned to fly the late ministers were among the best.
Mbithi denied ever undertaking a 50-minute mystery flight that was alluded to during earlier evidence claiming it was one of the training flight that he carried out within the Wilson control zone boundary with one of the trainers.