Will President William Ruto's strategy – austerity now pre-election bonanza later – pay off as Kenyans face another year of spending cuts and higher taxes...
Even if these cuts are made and Kenya's Treasury also receives now-demanded remittances of surplus cash and/or profits from these state entities President William Ruto's broader ambitions of privatising several parastatals to boost government coffers is in the hands of the courts which suspended the proposed sale of stakes in 11 selected state-owned enterprises last December (Dispatches 29/11/23 Ruto eyes privatisation to balance the books)...
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Last month Mathuki was abruptly recalled by Kenyan President William Ruto and announced as Kenya's next ambassador to Russia after EAC lawmakers moved impeachment motions against him over the alleged misappropriation of US$6 million from the bloc's budget...
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Last week Kenyan diplomats reported that Ghana Guinea and Angola had all endorsed Odinga following visits by President William Ruto...
For a politician whose skills were seen as being centred entirely on domestic politics before winning the presidency in August 2022 William Ruto has quickly established a reputation as one of Africa's leading diplomatic players...
The Haiti price President William Ruto is determined to proceed with plans to send 1 000 police to help train and assist the Haitian National Police in the Caribbean state's battle against criminal gangs despite the mission enjoying little public support among Kenyans...
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But the process was derailed after Sudan Armed Forces leader General Abdel Fattah al Burhan accused IGAD and Kenyan President William Ruto who had been lined up to lead the Quartet of bias...
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The backlash against the East African Community's former Secretary-General Peter Mathuki who was quietly axed by Kenyan President William Ruto earlier this month after EAC lawmakers moved impeachment motions against him over the alleged misappropriation of US$6 million from the bloc's budget continues (Dispatches 12/3/24 To Russia without impeachment)...
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Vol 65 No 7 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
That tension was exploited by Kenyan President William Ruto during the 2022 presidential election after his opponent Raila Odinga proposed a ban on 'mitumba'...
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Since the poll narrowly won by William Ruto opposition leader Raila Odinga's allies have been demanding that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers be opened up for an audit...
President William Ruto's strategy of pushing through austerity policies instead of rescheduling foreign debt faces its sternest test this year...
But President William Ruto's deputy has little influence in government...
This latest bout of shuttle diplomacy follows a fractious meeting convened by Lourenço on 16 February in Addis Ababa ahead of the African Union summit which brought together Tshisekedi Rwanda's Paul Kagame Kenya's William Ruto and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa...