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Hustler Jet: Ruto's conflicting claims about US trip funding

President William Ruto, and First Lady Rachel Ruto when they arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Washington, D.C in United States of America. [PCS]

President William Ruto now claims "friends" helped him foot the bill for the private jet he flew to the United States, further deepening the controversy surrounding the trip.

The president says taxpayers only paid Sh10 million for the luxurious jet that would ordinarily cost more than Sh200 million for a round trip to the US.

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