I've reduced State travelling budget by Sh11 billion - Ruto - video Dailymotion

President William Ruto on Friday announced that he has slashed the executive's travel budget by Sh11 billion. https://bit.ly/3s8jRUK

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00:00 I got the budget of this sector of Madini, it was one million and thirty.

00:06 But I have opened the money of people to go and get rich.

00:13 I saw the magazine people saying I have opened five million.

00:18 No, not five million, I have opened one billion and ten.

00:24 All those who travel to conferences, workshops, benchmarking,

00:33 they don't know what they are doing.

00:35 That is not good for the people of Kenya.

00:39 We have said that safari will be banned.

00:43 And the people of Kenya, safari will bring money,

00:48 it will bring money or it will bring bad luck to the people of Kenya.

00:53 If you are going to do a safari,

00:57 or you are going to Sokoni to buy jeans or to buy clothes,

01:05 you will get your money and you will do that job.

01:08 The money of the people of Kenya cannot afford to go shopping.

01:12 Do you understand me?

01:14 I am asking you, do you want people to go shopping with the money of Kenya?

01:22 No, I said no.

01:25 And I said we are opening money for travel for all government departments and all sectors.

01:34 We will open by 50% money for judiciary, 50% money for legislature,

01:42 50% money for executive, for travel.

01:47 So that when we go to the government, we will open our budget,

01:52 we will not give money that will bring bad luck to the people of Kenya.

01:57 Do you understand me?

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