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Sh23 billion travels dent Uhuru’s bid to cut costs

President Uhuru Kenyatta departs from JKIA for the G7 Summit in Italy, May 2017.

In an ironic twist to the austerity anthem of the Jubilee administration, national and county governments splashed Sh23 billion in domestic and foreign travels last year.

The national government spent Sh12.2 billion on domestic and international travels while the county governments gobbled up Sh11.36 billion.

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