That is perhaps why Deputy President William Ruto is keen to host the secretariat of the three existing regional trade blocs: Comesa the EAC and SADC...
Jubilee political work in the region has been left to Deputy President William Ruto who hopes the region will support his presidential candidacy in 2022 provided of course he escapes conviction for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court at The Hague...
In the 2014/15 financial year the Presidency which combines the offices of Kenyatta and his deputy William Samoei arap Ruto spent 1...
Vol 56 No 18 |
- KENYA
- UGANDA
He lobbies hard against the Court's attempts to prosecute Kenyatta and his Deputy President William Ruto for election violence in 2007-08 (AC Vol 56 No 17 ICC aims at Kenya)...
In Kenyan social media the debate is taking on the ugly tone of the sort of argument witnessed between Kikuyu and Western Kenya before the violent clashes after the general elections of 2007 clashes which took Uhuru and Vice-President William Ruto to the International Criminal Court...
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They are backed by Deputy President William Ruto who has called for a fresh audit of both national and county government accounts...
Leading dissent within the URP are Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto (no relation to William Ruto) and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi youngest son of former President Daniel arap Moi who have demanded that the Deputy President challenge Kenyatta for the top job in 2017...
Meanwhile the trial of Kenyatta's deputy William Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang for crimes against humanity during the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya continues...
Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto were both indicted in 2011 accused of involvement in the 2007-8 election violence by the International Criminal Court in the Hague for crimes against humanity two years before they were elected in March 2013...
Either way no pundit in Kenya really believes that the government has turned over a new leaf against corruption and Kenyatta's coalition partners have bitterly pointed out that the list is largely peopled by individuals connected to Deputy President William Ruto...
It will likely become a force to be reckoned with if William Ruto's woes persist and the Kalenjin politicians begin considering their options...
Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto formed JAP as a new unitary party to fight the 2017 election...