President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday afternoon shocked Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) staff when he toured the facility without any of his bodyguards.
The President who was driving his Range Rover Sport toured the airport's Ebola Screening Section to assess the standards of operation.
Police manning the gate were the first to recognize him and they escorted him to the airport as he mingled with normal civilians who were shocked to see him without any of his PEU body guards.
The father of the nation even left the airport without his security and drove off in the same Range Rover he came with.
Sources at State House said the President drove himself from his residence next to State House, Nairobi, passed through that small drift that passes through CFC Life building before joining Kenyatta Avenue at the intersection with Serana Hotel, went through Uhuru Highway to North Airport Road leading to JKIA.
Uhuru is the first President in Kenya’s history to tour public places without any body guard. This is not the first time he has done this. Mid this year, he shocked a maize hawker near Prestige Plaza when he stopped his Range Rover, lowered his side window and bought roasted maize from him before going towards Yaya Centre.
Uhuru seems to have "copied" the outgoing Uruguay President Jose Mujica who has no bodyguards or motorcade whenever he visits some parts of his country including his rural home.
But in contrast, Uhuru is one of the richest presidents in Africa while Mujica is the poorest President in the world.
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