President Ruto addresses Issues Surrounding His USA Trip Expenditure Moments After Jetting in.
President Ruto addresses Issues Surrounding His USA Trip Expenditure Moments After Jetting in: The head of stated was this evening received by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo
Ruto stated, “It his good to be back home,”
President Ruto has further dismissed the rumoured amount, stating that the numbers were exaggerated.
He stated,”I think the expenditure on my trip is completely exaggerated. They actually border on ridiculous. I am very careful about the resources that I spend,”
“In fact, I have cut down on funding to my office, and to different government agencies. I have reduced by 30% recurrent expenditure in this budget so that we can accommodate living within our means and we can push more resources to the realm of development, education, providing health and doing the things that matter including cash transfers to citizens,” the Head of State explained.
Kenya’s president’s usual mode of transport out of the country is a presidential jet, a 30-year old Fokker 70 extended range christened Harambee one with a carrying capacity of 26 passengers that can only fly five hours non-stop.