A fixed wing aircraft is cheaper to buy and operate than a chopper. And many towns in Kenya have airstrips where light aircraft can land (even murram and grass strips, doesn't have to be tarmac).

Infact when a judge is travelling to some far flung area e.g moyale, marsarbit, mandela, lamu, taveta etc, it's cheaper to use a plane than a GoK prado. Why? Apart from fuel and car maintenance, you need at least 2 drivers, 2 security men who would need to take allowances for accommodation for nearly a week for the to and fro journey. With a light 7000cc plane, it takes just an hour to get to those areas, get the job done and you are back to nairobi. That is why many ranchers/farmers in laikipia etc prefer to fly their cessnas to nairobi than use their land cruisers. So wacha judiciary wanunue ndege.

"It may be cheaper to fire the judge who takes six weeks to try a case than to police him or her with a Ksh 300m plane"

So the aircraft will be flying over the courts to monitor the district magistrates?

Jesus Christ of Nazareth!!!!!What a ladyculous explanation!!!

Soon they will tell us that they need money to construct airstrips...

After that...

public funds are up for plunder - hazina steward!