Miguna slams Ruto over his defence on using a private jet instead of KQ to the USA
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Lawyer Miguna Miguna calls on Willam Ruto over his choice to use a private jet to the USA instead of KQ
Lawyer Miguna Miguna calls on Willam Ruto over his choice to use a private jet to the USA instead of KQ.
Miguna Miguna has criticized the President’s choice and urged him to apologize to Kenyans for not prioritizing national transport options.
In a statement on Monday, Miguna termed Ruto’s defence over his choice as false and unpatriotic.
“This is unacceptably reckless. It’s also false and unpatriotic. How can a president, even of a failed state, justify paying a foreign company or family millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money for a jet instead of promoting and using a national carrier? Apologise!”
According to Miguna, presidents of developed states such as the US, China, or Russia would never travel on a “foreign-owned air carrier anywhere, even if it were donated because of national pride, patriotism, security, and sovereignty considerations.”
Miguna noted that Kenya owns a multimillion-dollar presidential jet that the country’s leaders have used for various travels.
According to him, Ruto’s decision to rent a costly jet lacked financial, political, strategic, or security justifications, as he could have opted for commercial flights with KQ.
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“He could also have flown commercial using KQ. There are no financial, political, strategic or security justifications for what Ruto did. Period,” he added.
Miguna’s statement comes after President Ruto on Sunday defended his decision to use the Abu Dhabi luxury Royal jet for his US trip instead of the normal presidential jet, citing cost saving by using a private business jet over Kenya Airways (KQ).
President Ruto hired a Boeing 737-700 royal business jet that charges KSh 2.4 million per hour.
According to investigations, the president and his entourage spent KSh 98 million on the flight from Nairobi to Atlanta, totaling nearly KSh 200 million.
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