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)...

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...

Tullow then announced in 2024 that commercial production would begin by 2028 – only to sell its Kenyan assets to Gulf Energy in April 2025 a company managed by Francis Njogu a close ally of President William Ruto...

The resignation of Moses Kuria on 8 July is another sign of the growing discord between President William Ruto and the central Kenya constituency that secured him a narrow disputed victory in the 2022 elections...

A year after ‘Gen Z' activists stormed parliament in Nairobi shaking the foundations of President William Ruto's legitimacy a new round of protests on 25 June were greeted with lethal force tear gas and water cannons...

Last year's mass protests in Kenya forced President William Ruto to drop tax hikes and shake up his ministerial team as ratings agencies downgraded Kenya's debt (AC Vol 65 No 14 Youth revolt wins after Ruto scraps finance bill and pledges talks)...

Critics include the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) an autonomous African Union body as well as Kenya's President William Ruto and Akinwumi Adesina who stepped down as AfDB president last month...