BREAKING : Lawmakers Call for Probe into Obama’s $418M Kenya ARMS SALE

Back in February 2017 Truthfeed.com reported on lawmakers calling for a probe on the Kenya arms deal Obama made just before leaving office

The probe has yet to happen, and lawmakers are once again calling for an investigation.

What are they waiting for?

From Fox News

A North Carolina congressman is calling for a probe into a potential $418 million contract between Kenya and a major U.S. defense contractor announced on President Obama’s last day in office — a deal the lawmaker claims reeks of cronyism.

Republican Rep. Ted Budd wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate a deal between the African nation and New York-based L3 Technologies for the sale of 12 weaponized border patrol planes. He said he wants to know why a veteran-owned small company in North Carolina – which specializes in making such planes – was not considered as the manufacturer.

IOMAX USA Inc., based in Mooresville and founded by a U.S. Army veteran, offered to build Kenya the weaponized planes for roughly $281 million – far cheaper than what its competitor, L3, is selling them for.

“Something smells wrong here,” Budd told Fox News. “The U.S. Air Force bypassed IOMAX, which has 50 of these planes already in service in the Middle East.”

“They were given a raw deal,” Budd said of Kenya, which had requested from the U.S. 12 weaponized planes in its fight against terrorist group Al-Shabaab near its northern border.

“We want to treat our allies like Kenya fairly,” he said. “And we want to know why IOMAX was not considered.”

A State Department spokesman did not respond to a request for comment about the deal.

A source with knowledge of the negotiations told Fox News the program was in development with the State Department for at least a year and its announcement on Obama’s last day in office was “pure coincidence.”

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