It has been confirmed that President William Ruto switched his official plane Harambee Airforce one, a presidential jet, to use a different one to his United States (US) visit.
Accompanied by First Lady Rachel Ruto and close to a 30-member, the President shunned the official jet that has been using for Presidential state visits to use a new plane with no kenyan flag on it.
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It has not yet been confirmed why the President chose to use a different plane to the United States but reports indicate that there was need to acquire new jet for the President after the Ogolla crash.
The Harambee one Presidential plane has served a total of four presidents from Daniel Moi to the Fourth President, Uhuru Kenyatta since the government acquired it in 1995.
On Sunday, Ruto used a new plane with a yellow and blue strip instead of the Kenyan colours and logo of court of arms that have been always indicated in Presidential jets that have always flown Presidents out of the country.
This comes barely a month after National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah brought the house up to speed after the death of Chief of Defense Forces Francis Ogolla in a plane crash that left many shocked on how the incident could happen to the senior most person after the executive.
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Ichung’wah said that there was a need to upgrade the presidential jet that was acquired close to three decades ago to fit the current aviation standards to avert disasters like the ones experienced then.
The Office of the President is yet to issue an official statement on why President William Ruto chose to use the new plane to his United States visit.