Ruto's Sh2 billion private jet to Angola

President William Ruto addressing during the State Funeral Service for the late  Former Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga at the Nyayo National Stadium on October 17, 2025. Raila passed on in India while undergoing  treatment.[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Despite the cash crunch strangling many Kenyan households, the country continues to reveal a different picture altogether, one where money flows freely, gleaming in the pockets of politicians and the well-connected.

And nothing captures this paradox more vividly than President William Ruto’s latest departure, executed with the elegance of a man unbothered by the cost of the ride.