And while the state's clampdown on youth activists is unyielding one of the few olive branches held out by President William Ruto is on the brink of breaking...

Few events contributed more to William Ruto's presidential victory in August 2022 than the collapse of the Building Bridges Initiative that April (AC Vol 62 No 17 The bridge collapses & Vol 63 No 8 Supreme Court finally throws out Building Bridges plan)...

They will be the first test of opinion since Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) joined President William Ruto's government...

This may boost Kenya's President William Ruto diplomatically but his attempt to position himself as a campaigner on financial reform and transparency contradicts his government's record on tax particularly of billionaires such as himself...

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...

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)...

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)...