Kenyans on social media have expressed mixed re concerns after unconfirmed report revealed President Ruto’s travel budget to the United States of America.
According to reports, the President hired a private jet that he used in his travel to the US instead of the normal Harambee One that has always been used by Presidents in out of the country visits.
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Reports indicate that the private jet is owned by Royal Jet LCC, a company owned by the Abu Dhabi government. The costs of the private jet has been revealed to be 18,000 Dollars per hour flight.
For the hours that President William Ruto and his entourage travelled to and from the United States, the journey will cost the taxpayers a total of Ksh. 71 Million in a one way flight.
The Ruto’s travel budget details have brought divisions within kenyans on social media with some claiming that there is a reason President Ruto switched his official plane for the private jet and his safety is paramount no matter how expensive it looks.
However, others have argued that for a nation that claims to be broke, its unreasonable for the President to go for that option. This faction has backed their argument with the crisis at the counties.
According to reports, the counties are having a shortage of children vaccines. This is after the government slashed the vaccine budget from Ksh. 2.6 Billion to Ksh. 1.2 Billion.
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The budget cut led to unpaid bills for the vaccine and a shortage of Gavi Supplied vaccines essential for new born children under five years. The explanation of the cut being to save the economy, something that the executive isn’t ready to do.