DISPATCHES
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...
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Mathuki's conduct which is expected to be put to a vote in the East African Legislative Assembly in the coming days was brought up during the debate that followed President William Ruto's speech opening the EALA on 5 March...
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Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
That was argued in the report from Rwanda's President Paul Kagame who handed over his unofficial role as champion of AU reform to Kenyan counterpart William Ruto...
Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
President William Ruto is expected to formally unveil Odinga as Kenya's candidate in the coming days...
On 22 February the National Assembly unanimously approved a report by the National Dialogue Committee the cross-party forum that was set up last year in a bid to address the bad blood between Odinga's Azimio la Umoja coalition and President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance and stop Odinga from leading regular mass demonstrations against the government...
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Securing Odinga the job would be a diplomatic coup for President William Ruto while also easing his path to an increasingly probable second term in office...
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Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICA
- FINANCE
It is embarrassing for President William Ruto's government which had been warned by the FATF last year that it was exposed to risks from terrorist financing and cryptocurrency (AC Vol 64 No 24 The global south wins a big money battle)...