Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has been ranked as the most travelled CS outside the country.
A survey released by TIFA on Wednesday reveals that Musalia who doubles up as CS for Foreign Affairs has made 16 foreign trips in 11 months. (January to November).
He is followed by his Sports and Youth Affairs Ababu with 13 foreign trips.
ICT boss Eliud Owalo and his Mining counterpart, Salim Mvurya have made 12 trips
The survey was conducted on 3,009 respondents between November 25 to December 7, 2023 as reported by the CSs and excluded activities and visitors to the offices.
Also, the number of foreign trips was according to what was posted on their social media handles.
Telephonic Interviews were conducted with respondents whose contacts were collected through face-to-face.
The interviews were conducted in Kiswahili (mainly) and English. There was a +/- 1.79 % margin of error.
In October President William Ruto announced that he had slashed the executive's travel budget by Sh11 billion.
He made the remarks while in Taita Taveta.
"I saw that the media saying I reduced the budget by Sh500 million. No, it is not 500 million but I have reduced by Sh11 billion for those going on those trips," Ruto said.
The President explained that some trips are not beneficial to Kenyans.
He, however, said the ones which will be financed are those that will bring money to Kenyans.
Earlier, Ruto pledged to cut Sh500 million in his travel budget to support learners who are abled differently.
The President said the funds will be used to build a manufacturing plant for assistive devices for learners with disabilities.
“I will knock off a few things in my budget again including my travel allowances so that I can find Sh500 million. The money will be used to start a factory that will manufacture local devices that will assist learners with special needs,” he said.
“Nitakata pesa ya travel ndio tufanye hiyo construction. (I will cut money for travels so that we will do the construction),” he added.
From the cuts in his travels, and contributions by the Ministry of Education, and the National and County Governments, Ruto believes it will be possible to build a factory and produce assistive devices for learners with disabilities.