Mudavadi, Three Governors Among a 30-Man Delegation Accompanying Ruto to the US and UK
Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday morning left the country for a 10-day tour of the US and the UK.
Ruto, who is eyeing the presidency, is being accompanied by 30 persons including his wife Rael Ruto, ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi, and Governors Ann Waiguru (Kirinyaga), Salim Mvurya (Kwale), and Josphat Nanok (Turkana), according to a letter sent to the Foreign Affairs Ministry by the Office of the Deputy President.
Also in the trip are Senators Susan Kihika (Nakuru), Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo-Marakwet), and Augustine Cheruiyot (Kericho), as well as MPs Soypan Tuya, Owen Baya, Beatrice Adagala, Alice Wahome, Kimani Ichungwa, and Aden Duale.
The rest are aides and support staff from the Office of the Deputy President including Korir Sing’oei (legal advisor), David Mugonyi (communication secretary), Eric Ng’eno (speechwriter), William Oloonkishu Yampoi (head of security), and Hellen Chepkurgat Samoei (private secretary).
Ruto's presidential campaign secretariat said the deputy president was honoring invites from senior government officials and top policy institutes in Washington and London.
He is scheduled to participate in a conversation on foreign policy, the future of governance, and economic development in Kenya, East Africa, and the African continent.
In the US, Ruto will speak at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and at the University of Arizona's Washington Entrepreneurship Hub.
He is also expected to meet officials of the State Department and the Pentagon as well as the US Government National Security Council (NSC) Advisor.
In London, Ruto will meet senior UK government officials, visit the National Counter-Terrorism Center and speak at both the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He will also pay a courtesy call on the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby.
Ruto, who is seeking to succeed President Kenyatta this year, will also hold meetings with Kenyans in the US and the UK to drum up support for his presidential bid.
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Veey intelligent men. Maendeleo chap chap in maai mahiu and Kenya mzima mzima. Team UDA
Watu wengi wanalala njaa Kenya na huku unachoma pesa za umma ukitangatanga nchi za kigeni baada ya kufanya hivyo kwa muda wa miaka mitano nchini Kenya.
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The president was in Dubai last few weeks just for some town exhibition. Tell us anything he brought back for Kenya other than looking for markets for his businesses.
I hope they are paying everything for themselves and not from taxes coz the trip actually doesn't add any value to the common mwananchi who can barely afford food.
Ruto concentrated too much time on wooing the Kikuyu vote and forgot about international support. I wonder whether he still has time.
What is the value of this trip to the common man? Anyone who happens to attend any of his sessions should specifically ask him or his entourage this specific question and report here.
Who is paying for this useless trip?
Kenya tax payers! This conman Ruto will not stop at nothing!
TUKO: Marcxh 02, 2022
POLITICS William Ruto's Tour of US, UK and Qatar to Cost Taxpayers Over KSh 100m Wednesday, March 02, 2022 at 8:50 AM by Japhet Ruto On his foreign trip, DP William Ruto is accompanied by 31 individuals including his wife Racheal Ruto and Amani National Congress (ANC) boss Musalia Mudavadi Other Kenya Kwanza Alliance leaders in the team are governors Josphat Nanok (Turkana), Salim Mvurya (Kwale) and Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga) In May 2013, the DP was accused of hiring a luxurious KSh 100 million Bombardier 850 Challenger, popularly referred to as the Hustler jet Pay attention: Become TUKO.co.ke ambassador – get a branded T-shirt, hoodie or water bottle at our TUKO Shop! Details have emerged that Deputy President William Ruto's tour of the United States, United Kingdom (UK) and Qatar will cost taxpayers an estimated KSh 107 million. William Ruto (right) and his team at the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice. Photo: William Ruto. Source: Facebook On his foreign trip, the deputy president is accompanied by 31 individuals including his wife Racheal Ruto and Amani National Congress (ANC) boss Musalia Mudavadi. Other Kenya Kwanza Alliance leaders in the team are governors Josphat Nanok (Turkana), Salim Mvurya (Kwale), Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga), senators Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo Marakwet) and Susan Kihika (Nakuru). Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/445046-william-rutos-tour-us-uk-qatar-c…