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The most powerful men in Kenya since independence include Koinange, Biwott and now Farouk Kibet

When Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi flew to a Kenya Kwanza Alliance parliamentary group meeting in Naivasha in mid-September aboard a Kenya Air Force chopper together with President William Ruto and Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, some Kenyans saw it as misuse of State resources.

But those of the contrary opinion wondered why no one questioned why under former President Uhuru Kenyatta, senior figures such as Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i and even ODM leader Raila Odinga used the same chopper.

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