The government is doing everything possible to secure the release of two Kenyan pilots being held in South Sudan after a plane crashed in the rebel-controlled territory Upper Nile state.
The Foreign Affairs office says the abductors are demanding a fine after the plane crash killed one person on the ground and a few animals.
The abductors who are believed to be under the control of Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) allied to exiled former Vice President, Riek Machar remain adamant that Captain Frank Njoroge and co-pilot Kennedy Shamalla would not be released unless a 20 million shillings fine is paid.
Njoroge and Shamalla were abducted and put under tight security on the outskirts of Akobo town near the Ethiopian border immediately after the crash.
They were flying a plane that was hired by a Juba-based non-governmental organisation to ferry its staff to the Upper Nile state when the crash occurred.
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