In a move that reeks of extravagance and desperation, President William Ruto’s administration has quietly signed away more than Sh325 million of taxpayers’ money to a US lobbying firm at a time when millions of Kenyans are struggling to put food on the table.
The controversial deal with Continental Strategy LLC, a Washington outfit owned by Donald Trump’s close ally and former ambassador Carlos Trujillo, is designed to airbrush Nairobi’s battered image in Washington.