Friday, May 31, 2024 – Barely hours after President William Ruto claimed that his friends hired a luxurious private jet that he used on his so-called expensive trip to the U.S. at a paltry Sh10 million as opposed to the Sh200 million being peddled around, State House has come clean and exposed the so-called friends who helped the President out.
In a statement yesterday
evening, State House clarified that the private plane Ruto used for his U.S. State visit was offered by the United Arab Emirates government for less than
Ksh10 million.
State House Spokesperson Hussein
Mohammed reiterated that Ruto was committed to the austerity cause which the
Head of State has insisted is the only way to set Kenya on a solid
sustainability footing.
“As explained by the President on Thursday, the cost of the jet he travelled in for the historic and successful US State Visit was offered by friends of Kenya at a relatively low cost.
"In this specific case, the United Arab Emirates Government offered the
aircraft at less than KSh10 million,” the statement read in part.
Earlier on during the day,
President Ruto, during the National Prayer Breakfast, had
announced that the jet was offered to him by friends after it was
established the cost of chartering a plane would end up being too expensive for
the Kenyan taxpayer.
"When I was told the
cheapest plane was Ksh70 million, I told my office to go book with the national
carrier, some friends asked me how much I wanted to pay, I said I wasn't ready
to pay more than Ksh10 million, they told me to bring the money and they gave
me the plane," stated Ruto.
Further, Hussein Mohammed went
on to elaborate and share examples of national cooperation from the UAE
government and other nations in general that Kenya had benefited from.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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