President William Ruto has opened a can of worms following his surprise admission yesterday that his recent State visit to the US was co-financed by “friends of Kenya” as a gift, with concerns now being raised about the nature of relations between the government and private entities abroad.
Without disclosing who the “friends” were, their relationships with the Kenyan government and why they would finance a State visit, President Ruto said during the National Prayer Breakfast in Nairobi yesterday that the Boeing 737-700 jet he flew during the recent trip to the US, operated by Emirati charter airline RoyalJet, cost taxpayers less than Sh10 million as it was co-sponsored.
