To ease the cashflow crisis that triggered mass protests and weakened the shilling – as the Treasury used precious dollars to pay its Eurobond debts – President William Ruto's government is looking east seeking to shift foreign loans from dollars to yen and renminbi...
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Meanwhile the close links between President William Ruto and China have also been criticised by some in Washington (AC Vol 66 No 9 Ruto pivots from Washington to Beijing)...
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Kenyan President William Ruto is seen as a close ally of Hemeti and the original announcement of a parallel RSF administration was made at a Nairobi conference centre in March following at least one false start (AC Vol 66 No 5 Hemeti struggles to launch in Nairobi again)...
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It was a relative diplomatic success for the host Kenya's President William Ruto (AC Vol 64 No 18 Nairobi vies for green capital status & Dispatches 30/8/23 Setting out Africa's case ahead of the UN's COP28 summit)...
ODM has been bitterly divided over Odinga's support for President William Ruto since the two rivals from the 2022 elections struck a surprise deal last July – just as Ruto's presidency was faltering under the weight of Gen Z-led protests (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...
Vol 66 No 16 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
In June the Bank's public finance review of Kenya highlighted a ‘continuous decline of tax revenues' a year after protests forced President William Ruto to abandon proposed tax increases and reforms (AC Vol 65 No 14 Youth revolt wins after Ruto scraps finance bill and pledges talks)...
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Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto...
‘Matiang'i has his faults but if he is going to help us remove William Ruto so be it ' he stated...
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President William Ruto's falling out with his core Mount Kenya constituency – followed by the impeachment of his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua – has become the defining crisis of his presidency (AC Vol 65 No 20 The deputy takes the fall Vol 65 No 21 Mountain doesn't go to Gachagua & Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
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With personal ratings stuck between 10 and 15% few dispute that President William Ruto is toxically unpopular – especially among young Kenyans...
Ethekon's appointment has raised questions about his independence given his previous role as Turkana County Attorney under Josphat Nanok now Deputy Chief of Staff to President William Ruto...
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Though the court did rule that President William Ruto had unlawfully approved their appointments by doing so before the petition ruling hours later on 10 July Ruto re-issued the confirmation notice...
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