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William Samoei arap Ruto

Date of Birth: 21 December 1966
Place of Birth: Sambut Village, Kamagut, Uasin Gishu, Kenya


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The deputy takes the fall

With a similar motion set to sail through the Senate it seems that only an 11th-hour reprieve by President William Ruto can keep Gachagua in office...


Raila’s exit deal highlights Ruto’s co-option of the opposition

After months of negotiation leading to this President William Samoei Ruto has re-emerged as the shrewdest operator in parliamentary politics...

Of the other four party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has been a vocal critic of Odinga's decision to join a unity government led by President William Ruto while Siaya governor James Orengo another long-time Odinga ally was also deeply critical of the idea until the eleventh hour (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price )...

That Odinga would not run for the presidency for a sixth time in 2027 has always looked highly likely after the Supreme Court confirmed his defeat by William Ruto in September 2022...

Trouble on the mountain Exiled from his own government by President William Ruto's deal with Raila Odinga Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is struggling to retain his status as Mount Kenya's political leader (AC Vol 63 No 12 Now the numbers favour Raila Odinga)...


The Ruto-Raila trade-off redraws the electoral map

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga is in power if not in office after four members of his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) including party chair John Mbadi now Finance Minister and Odinga's two deputies Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya were brought into William Ruto's unofficial unity government in July with Mbadi as Cabinet Treasury Secretary (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...


A selective war on graft

A culture of corruption and impunity was at the heart of the Generation Z protest movement that panicked President William Ruto in late June and July forcing him to scrap a tax-raising Finance Bill and sack his cabinet...


Kenyatta’s favourite minister plans presidential bid

Former Interior minister Fred Matiang'i says he is preparing to run for Kenya's presidency in 2027 after falling out with President William Ruto and having his Nairobi home surrounded by armed police last year...

Then after Kenyatta's relationship with deputy president William Ruto collapsed Matiang'i was the driving force behind the arrests and indictments against those politicians supporting Ruto in 2022...


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Protests dent Tinubu’s reputation further – but neither side can claim victory

Unlike Kenyan counterpart William Ruto who appeared to have been genuinely blindsided by the scale of public anger at corruption poor governance and the high cost of living President Tinubu made commitments to halve his own salary and more than double the minimum wage to 70 000 naira (US$46) before the start of protests (AC Vol 65 No 16 Days of rage protests test Tinubu's economic plans)...

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