By FRED MUKINDAMore by this AuthorThe United States (US) has approved the sale of attack aircraft worth Sh41.8 billion ($418 million) to Kenya. Kenya intends to buy 12 Air Tractor AT-802L planes and two AT-504 trainer aircraft. These types were originally built as an agricultural, unarmed aircraft which have been used around the world fighting forest fires. The sale will require at least five experts from the contractor to be sent to Kenya to implement the programme. During the US Presidential election campaigns, there were numerous reports of close association of the Trump campaign with private military contractors.

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2017 21:58 UTC