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Surprising reasons for Uhuru’s numerous foreign trips

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trips are going out of hand. In less than two weeks, the head of state has travelled four times! When does the president have time to sit down and work in order to deliver on the Jubilee Government manifesto?

The president has actually exceeded the number of trips former president Mwai Kibaki had in the entire 10-year reign. This habit is particularly extravagant and immaterial given that there are minor socio-economic gains that come with the overrated foreign trips.

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