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)...
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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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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The decision by ratings agency Fitch to downgrade Kenya's foreign currency sovereign rating is the latest reminder that President William Ruto's government will face international pressure to balance the books despite the return of relative stability to the country (AC Vol 65 No 14 After the protestors won the tax war)...
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A month after Kenyan activists forced President William Ruto to drop plans for sweeping tax hikes President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government has organised a comprehensive pre-emption campaign against the ‘Days of Rage' protests in Nigerian cities due to run from 1-10 August...
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Four ministries including the Treasury was the price Raila Odinga set for propping up William Ruto's ailing presidency and to establish what is effectively Kenya's first unity government since 2008...
President William Ruto signed a bipartisan law to reform the IEBC in July and the selection panel tasked with recruiting new IEBC commissioners took office on 30 July after lengthy wrangling between Ruto's Kenya Kwanza and the opposition Azimio la Umoja of Raila Odinga which still blames IEBC bias for Ruto's election in August 2022...
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Vol 65 No 16 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
There was no mistaking the icy chill when Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi accused his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto of being a Rwandan stooge who had ‘mismanaged' the peace process in eastern Congo...
There was the Nairobi Process driven by Uhuru Kenyatta which unfortunately was subsequently managed by the new president William Ruto...
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President William Ruto's decision last week to bring back six of the senior ministers he had fired particularly Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki who many hold as culpable for the abduction and killing of scores of protestors and organisers has marked a hardening in resolve by State House (AC Vol 65 No 15 Ruto struggles to retain control)...
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Since a wave of countrywide protests organised online by youth activists forced President William Ruto to abandon last week a controversial Finance Bill and taxes worth US$2...
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Having fired his government and accepted the resignation of Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome President William Samoei Ruto is struggling to get a grip on public opinion and events...
Their dissent towards anyone who has been part of the political class became clear when veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga declared in early July that he would be open to dialogue with President William Ruto (Dispatches 9/7/24 Ruto pledges cuts on state budgets and anti-graft action as he struggle to assert control)...