Will Wanjiku enjoy the benefits of President Ruto's State visit to US?

President William Ruto, his US counterpart Joe Biden and their spouses Rachel and Jill at the White House, Washington, D.C. on May 23, 2024. [PCS, Standard]

The Kenyan president's state visit to the USA was widely covered in the media and heralded as the first by an African head of state in two decades. Did Uhuru Kenyatta, his predecessor, not visit the White House in 2021? Why so much focus on this trip? Who benefits and why?

I will leave the means of transport used to cross the Atlantic and those in the entourage to another writer. But, 120 years after the invention of the plane, flying is still a status symbol. I recall my first flight at age 33 and the feeling thereof. What makes flights more fascinating is the cost.