Part of my work is to be travelling – President of Kenya

Kenyan President William Ruto has guarded his various visits overseas, saying they have profited the nation financially.

Mr Ruto has been scrutinized for having made the most noteworthy number of remote trips in a year compared to any of his forerunners. Neighborhood media say he has been to 38 nations since coming to control in September 2022.

But in an address on Sunday, Mr Ruto said that through the trips, he had been able to secure employments for Kenyans and packed away a few reciprocal bargains pointed at opening up markets for nearby deliver.

“There are individuals on my case as to why I am making outside trips. That’s my command as the president. I am the chief specialist of Kenya and envoy who will arrange on how the nation will move forward,” Mr Ruto said at a church gathering.

The president said he secured 350,000 occupations and venture openings for Kenyans amid later visits to Saudi Arabia and China.

The secretly claimed Standard daily paper has depicted Mr Ruto as “the flying president”.