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The deal announced on 4 December to coincide with President William Ruto's presence in Washington DC as a guarantor of the peace agreement between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda is part of the Trump administration's ‘America First Global Health Strategy' launched in September...
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Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye's stock had risen after he and Kenya's President William Ruto were invited to the signing of the peace deal in Washington...
President William Ruto and his semi-official allies in the late Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) enjoyed a bumper by-election day on 27 November winning 16 of the 24 seats contested and retaining all those they previously held...
Beyond the usual speeches by party grandees the main event was an invitation-only dinner attended by President William Ruto whose presidency is opposed by roughly half of ODM...
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Congo-K officials say that formal signing of the agreement is expected on 4 December with Kenya's President William Ruto set to attend as a guarantor...
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One of the main points of contention is whether securitised loans which President William Ruto's government wants to use to fund infrastructure projects including renovation of the main airport in Nairobi and extending a Standard Gauge Railway to Uganda should be treated as sovereign debt...
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Sudanese officials have also been angered by Kenyan President William Ruto's close relations with Hemeti...
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At stake is a key parliamentary alliance for President William Samoei Ruto and the outcome of the 2027 elections...
Until the death of Raila Amolo Odinga from a heart attack on 15 October President William Samoei Ruto's path to re-election in August 2027 had seemed clear: having turned his back on the central Mount Kenya region he would need Odinga to deliver his Western and Coastal support bases under a pact offering Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) a string of key ministries and perhaps the deputy presidency...
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But it is the failure by city authorities to deliver basic amenities such as refuse collection drainage clearing and decent roads that has prompted crisis talks between President William Ruto the city's lawmakers and Sakaja – and raised the prospect of State House stepping in to take over powers from the local administration...