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President William Ruto on Wednesday appointed the minority leader in parliament and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s party chairman in his new Cabinet despite a split in the opposition coalition ...
The opposition members, including the pick to lead the finance ministry, John Mbadi Ngo'ongo, are allies of opposition leader Raila Odinga, whom Ruto defeated in the 2022 election. Young ...
Representatives of each parties participating in the initiative after the signing of eight protocols. Tumaini Peace Initiative, which was launched on May 9, 2024, in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi, is a high-level mediation for the conflict in South Sudan by incorporating all the holdout groups that have not signed the 2018 R-ARCSS (Revitalised Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan).
Battling widespread criticism over the cost of living, the president names more opposition ministers. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games ...
That same day, Ruto announced that he was rejecting and withdrawing the finance bill. [1] On 5 July, Ruto pledged to act against “rogue” police officers who fired at unarmed civilians during the protests, including in the storming of parliament.
Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June; signed into law the "Appropriations Bill 2024" to address the budget shortfall caused by the rejection. [12] Nonetheless, protests escalated into riots on 2 July, as demonstrators demanded Ruto's resignation.
Ruto scrapped the finance bill containing the tax increases in response to mass, youth-led demonstrations that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year-old presidency. At least 39 people ...
Incumbent Deputy President and main opposition candidate in the upcoming 2022 Kenyan Presidential election, William Ruto, was sharply critical of the bill. He identified five key pieces of the proposal — particularly those that would expand the power and size of Kenya's executive branch— as concerning.