Cronyism is nothing new in Kenyan politics and the latest move to raise eyebrows was President William Ruto's decision this week to nominate Mary Chebukati Wanyonyi wife of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati to chair the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA)...

After weeks of insisting that there would be no compromise and no 'handshake'-style deal with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga President William Ruto followed his two immediate predecessors and backed down...

In Kenya William Ruto's government announced the removal of fuel subsidies back in September but not on all petroleum product...

President William Ruto who has described the deaths as an 'act of terrorism' has promised to set up a commission of inquiry into the deaths and a task force to review regulations governing religious bodies...

The failure to pay the March wages of civil servants teachers and politicians has blown a hole in the economic management record of President William Ruto's government after just over six months in office...

Beyond wide-ranging calls for a ceasefire from UN Secretary General António Guterres and multiple governments the most substantive attempts at mediation are being orchestrated by the Trilateral Mechanism which groups IGAD the AU and the UN Integrated Transition Mechanism in Sudan and a regional effort by Kenya's President William Ruto South Sudan and Djibouti...