‘FLYING PREZ’ STRIKES AGAIN: $1.5 MN ON PRIVATE JET TO U.S.!

Kenyans were already pretty angry about their ‘flying president’ clocking up air miles like there’s no tomorrow - at a huge cost to the country’s strained budget. Well, imagine how they reacted to the latest revelation about William Ruto’s extravagance on his travels. Apparently, he hired a private plane from Dubai’s RoyalJet for his visit to the US - for 1.5-million dollars!

It adds insult to injury for the millions of cost-of-living affected Kenyans he’s told need to start tightening their belts and living within their means - and on whom his administration intends to impose fresh taxes. And while Ruto flaunts it in front of his people, he’s also being put to shame by other leaders setting a far nobler example. For example, Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson recently flew Kenya Airways for his visit to Malawi.

You’d have thought an apology was the very least Ruto’s administration could offer after this latest scandal. Instead, it’s defended blowing all that money on a private-jet flight by saying all the contracts Ruto will sign in the US will more than make up for it in terms of economic benefits to Kenya.

Do you buy that excuse?