After a narrow election win and a slim majority of MPs backing him in parliament President William Ruto is taking no chances with his first cabinet...
Raila elder statesman of the opposition Less than a month after President William Ruto broke the hold of Kenya's political dynasties it is unclear who is steering the opposition ship...
Vol 63 No 20 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
Analysts say there is little prospect of inflation falling significantly in the near term despite newly elected President William Ruto pledging to ease economic pressures on Kenyans during his first 100 days in power...
This year at the UN the demand was reiterated by several presidents such as Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Gabon's Ali Bongo Ondimba Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Kenya's William Ruto and Congo-Kinshasa's Félix Tshisekedi...
Facing growing financial pressures President William Ruto appears to be rethinking his earlier rejection of any restructuring of Kenya's foreign debt...
Widespread suspicion greeted the death of Paul Gicheru the Kenyan lawyer who two years ago turned himself into the International Criminal Court to face charges of tampering with prosecution witnesses in the case against then Deputy President William Ruto and radio presenter Joshua arap Sang for organising ethnically-targeted violence after the 2007 elections...
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...