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Kenya

William Samoei arap Ruto

Date of Birth: 21/12/1966
Place of Birth: Sambut Village, Kamagut, Uasin Gishu, Kenya


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Ruto hits back at dissident electoral commissioners

President William Ruto has suspended the four members of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) who disowned the results which saw him elected in August in a move that will trigger a new battle for control of the organisation (AC Vol 63 No 17 Election chief proclaims Ruto victory but most of his commissioners dispute it)...

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Ruto and Museveni go east

Less than a fortnight after their Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan visited China to drum up trade and investment Presidents William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni of Kenya and Uganda have made their own Asian sojourns...

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Courts press pause on President Ruto's administration

After his cabinet secretary nominations sailed through parliament despite integrity and competence questions over many of them President William Ruto faces a roadblock to his plans to reward loyalists in his Kenya Kwanza alliance with the next layer of government jobs...

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Kenya plays lead role in Congo intervention

Pledging more support for the 'Nairobi Peace Process' President William Ruto met with his counterpart Félix Tshisekedi on 21 November to underline Nairobi's economic and security interests in the success of the East African Community's intervention in easter Congo-Kinshasa...

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Ruto and Odinga loyalists battle over election body

Electoral disputes have returned to centre-stage after allies of President William Ruto are already calling for term limits on the presidency to be abandoned given the incumbent 55 is 'still a young man'...


A different kind of cronyism

Keen to honour his campaign debts and with apparently little concern over the integrity of his nominees President William Ruto has sworn in a 24-member cabinet that is heavy on loyalists light on technocrats and brimming with inexperience (AC Vol 63 No 20 Loyalty trumps all in Ruto's cabinet)...


The hustler backs austerity

President William Ruto's grand and expensive promises of a 'bottom up' economy replete with new financial support for small businesses and farmers has quickly fallen foul of economic reality...


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