Ruto quietly flies out country hours after announcing budget cuts on foreign travel
Ruto jets out of the country on Friday evening to attend a conference in Congo Brazzaville amid concerns about his high budget for foreign travel
Ruto jets out of the country on Friday evening to attend a conference in Congo Brazzaville amid concerns over his high budget for foreign travel.
President William Ruto was filmed arriving in the country via Kenya Airways and was received by officials from the host country.
However, State House and Office of the President officials did not release a statement about the trip like in previous foreign tours.
The President, alongside his colleagues from the continent, will congregate at the Summit of the Three Basins, Biodiversity Ecosystems, and Tropical Forests from Thursday, October 26, to Saturday, October 28.
“His Excellency Sir William Ruto arrived in Brazzaville, this Friday, October 27, 2023. The Kenyan President is coming to take part in the second edition of the Summit of the 3 tropical forest basins of the planet, the presidential segment of which will take place this Saturday, October 28, 2023,” read the statement by Official account of the Presidency of the Republic of Congo.
The page also shared photos of Ruto’s arrival.
President Ruto is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting with his colleagues on Saturday from 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The trip also comes amidst concerns over government expenditure on foreign travel.
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President William Ruto on Friday announced that the government reduced travel expenditure by up to Ksh.11 billion and not half a billion as reported by a section of the media.
Speaking during the official opening of the Voi gemstone value addition and marketing center in Taita Taveta County, the Head of State directed that travel budgets for all three arms of government be slashed by 50%.
“I saw that the media saying I reduced the budget by Ksh500 million. No, it is not Ksh500 million, but I have reduced by Ksh11 billion for those going on those trips,” he stated while at a development tour in Voi on Friday.
In a report by the Auditor General on the 2022/2023 budget, government institutions spent Ksh20.37 billion on domestic and foreign travel.
The Office of the President spent Ksh361.77 million on foreign travel.
The money covered the last three months of former President Uhuru Kenyatta and nine months of Ruto’s administration.
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