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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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A hustler’s guide to high places

William Samoei Ruto's rise to the presidency in August 2022 was framed as a David and Goliath story in which the underdog ‘hustler' – Ruto – defeated Kenya's political and business oligarchs against the odds...

President William Samoei Ruto announced the fixture by executive order on 28 October...


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Dangote refinery’s $1.6 billion IPO draws nearly triple demand

Dangote has agreed plans with Kenya's President William Samoei Ruto to build a $16bn oil refinery in the port city Lamu the biggest in a series of Dangote projects in cement fertiliser and oil across East Africa (Dispatches 5/10/26 Dangote breaks ground on $16bn Kenyan refinery as legal challenges linger)...

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The opposition must solve its alliance arithmetic

Less than two years after President William Samoei Ruto's narrow defeat of Raila Amolo Odinga in August 2022 the Gen Z protests redrew the political map pulling Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) into a de facto unity coalition (AC Vol 66 No 15 Gen Z protestors vie with old politics)...


Wicknell Chivayo’s presidential network loses its broker

His connections included Kenya's William Samoei Ruto Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan and Eswatini's King Mswati III...

CHIVAYO – ‘A FELLOW IN MANY PLACES ALL AT ONCE' Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto's tribute to Wicknell Chivayo as a ‘dear friend' confirmed the Zimbabwean businessman's standing in Nairobi but did not resolve the questions surrounding his business ambitions there...


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