Four days after his victory lap and inauguration on 12 September President William Samoei Ruto flew to London for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral and on to New York for the UN General Assembly...
CABINET ON HOLD AS RUTO TAKES TOUR President William Ruto had been expected to reveal his senior government team this week but his attendance at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II followed by his first trip as president to the UN General Assembly in New York have put those plans on hold...
In a mark of political self-confidence President William Ruto announced swingeing cuts to fuel and maize subsidies at his inauguration on 12 September at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium...
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After his inauguration on 13 September President William Ruto starts his first term with clear control of both houses of parliament and a good chance of expanding that majority by co-opting waverers such as the Wiper party's Kalonzo Musyoka...
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After an epic campaign against the political establishment William Ruto will take over as President with the economy at its weakest for years and the political system at its most divided in the multi-party era...
William Ruto's ascent to the presidency on 5 September leaves him with a raft of political debts to pay...
As soon as Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chief Wafula Chebukati declared William Ruto the winner of the presidential election the President-elect swung into action immediately putting together a transition team and wooing the 12 independent lawmakers who are set to hold the balance of power in parliament (AC Vol 63 No 17 How the hustlers toppled the dynasties)...
Consolation prizes for Raila Presidential contender Raila Odinga will have breathed a sigh of relief after his Orange Democratic Movement won both of the delayed governor elections in Mombasa and Kakamega results which check the momentum of President-elect William Ruto...
Josep Borrell the European Union's High Representative will become the first western leader to congratulate Kenya's President-elect William Ruto in person when he visits on 10 September...
Only the Supreme Court stands in the way of Deputy President William Ruto's final trouncing of his establishment foes in State House the big media organisations and many of the corporate barons around President Uhuru Kenyatta...
Passions have been running high since 15 August when IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati announced that Deputy President William Ruto had won the presidential election by 50...
Small wonder that the two main sides former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto are said to be paying stratospheric fees to their legal advisors who include some of the country's most eminent jurists...
President-elect William Ruto's legal team will be spearheaded by Fred Ngatia who was part of the Jubilee/IEBC legal team defending the 2017 results...
Vol 63 No 17 |
- HORN OF AFRICA
The vast sums owed to China by Sudan Djibouti Ethiopia and Kenya mean those countries have little room to manoeuvre in their relations with Beijing although the election victory of William Ruto in Kenya may undermine Chinese influence...