Kenya’s President William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto has announced the names of new ministers, retained six of his 22 cabinet secretaries, and named five new nominees as he nominated the first batch of 11 ministers. However, President Ruto yesterday evening announced 11 appointments to what he described as a broad-based unity government, promising additional nominations…
In Kenya, some families of the Kenyan protesters were visiting morgues Monday to collect the bodies of relatives who died during last week’s demonstrations against proposed tax increases. Hussein Khaled, CEO of Vocal Africa, an organization of community activists, was at Nairobi’s City Mortuary, assisting mourners and trying to ensure that autopsies were performed and…
President William Ruto addresses the nation from State House in Nairobi. Kenya’s President William Ruto, acceding to pressure from citizens after several protests, has on Wednesday declined to sign the Finance Bill 2024 into law. However, this follows Tuesday’s deadly protests, which saw demonstrators breach Parliament premises for the first time in Kenya’s history. President…
