As Bishop Kiuna marked his celebration at 50 years, the news of acquiring a new jet never came as a shock to his congregants at Jubilee Christian Church. Rather it was all Jubilation and more blessings from God.
Here are the facts you need to know about the Bombardier Learjet 85.
- The jet is costing at about Ksh.1.7 billion for an original price but one can get a second hand at about 600 million s Kenya shillings
- The jet is supposed to cruise with 8 people on board.
- For every Kilometre, the jet drinks about 300 shillings of fuel in Kenya, it seems to be cost friendlier when it is flying high with fuel. Maybe because there is no traffic jam
- The jet is one of the cheapest learjet jet in the family of the jets, It costs 17 million USD compared to others which even go beyond 399 million USD.
- The jet can also be used as a military jet.
- Kiuna will join the rest of the few Bishops in the world like TD Jakes who own private jets
- It can fly typical distance at 3,000 nautical miles and also it can cruise 4,000 ft higher at 49,000ft
- Kiuna started dreaming about the jet way back in 2013, only to realize his dream on the eve of 2017.
- The jet is yet to land in Kenya, it is just on its way
- These type of family jets are manufactured in USA