Leaders acquire choppers as 2017 duel shapes up

Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto and Emurua Dikirr MP Johanna Ngeno (in red shirt) alight from a hired helicopter. Be it speed or the ultimate political statement, Kenya's political 'big boys' are increasingly using helicopters as their preferred means of transport. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Forget the huge fuel guzzlers cars that have long been associated with the big politicians in the country, with they dynamism of time, need for speed and razzmatazz that comes with politics, the next elections will be a battle right from the air.

Be it speed or the ultimate political statement, the political 'big boys' are increasingly using helicopters as their preferred means of transport.