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2017-02-22 Government

Lawmakers to Request Probe of $418M Arms Sale to Kenya on Obama’s Last Day

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Posted by Fred 2017-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 questioning why the contract to produce the planes was awarded to major defense firm L3 Technologies -- which has never produced such a plane

Why? WHY!
Why, because L3 will buy/lease the 14 planes and parts from IOMAX, engineer then weaponize, operate and provide training, in-field maintenance and a logistics operations center staffed by L3's contracted pilots and warehouse operations personnel, for the fleet, for 10 years. ISR intelligence will be made available to NGO and US agencies.

L3 will build a complex in Kenya, using local labor and materials then license and retrofit airfield runways, hangers and fuel distribution for this contract and other parties interested in the strategic location for FAC missions.

This pushes a LOT of long term commercial enterprise washed money into Kenya.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-22 09:58|| 2017-02-22 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 It sounds like a good package but why sole source?

Some kind of political palm greasing because L3 did some "favors" for the one?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-22 11:14|| 2017-02-22 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Follow the money, aka graft, in and out of Kenya.

Posted by AlanC 2017-02-22 12:03|| 2017-02-22 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Kenya eh? Where have I heard about Kenya. Oh yeah, Obean's birthplace. Of course that wasn't real as reported in the fake news.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-02-22 13:22|| 2017-02-22 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd like to know why this deal took three months to make the news (besides the usual one - MSM sitting on it).

Posted by Raj 2017-02-22 14:29|| 2017-02-22 14:29|| Front Page Top

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