Uhuru foreign country visits cost taxpayers Sh1.2bn

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s frequent foreign trips cost taxpayers more than Sh1 billion in the financial year ended June, adding to the national budget strain that has seen public servants’ wages and allowances eat deeply into development expenditure.

The Controller of Budget report released last week shows that President Kenyatta’s state visits abroad accounted for more than three-quarters of the Sh1.57 billion total that the Foreign Affairs ministry spent on travel.