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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday nominated four members of the main opposition party to a new "broad-based cabinet that he promised in response to nationwide protests.
The President of Kenya William Ruto C.G.H. appointed his first cabinet in September 2022. On 11 July 2024, following sustained pressure on the government through the Kenya Finance Bill protests, Ruto dismissed his entire cabinet, with the exception of Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary (Minister) Musalia Mudavadi. [3]
The final list of presidential candidates was; David Waihiga Mwaure, leader of the Agano Party; Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya (2008–2013) and leader of the Orange Democratic Movement, under Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance. [24] He was a presidential candidate in 1997, as well as the runner-up in 2007, [c] 2013, and 2017.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet, retaining six former ministers in the key portfolios of defense and interior.
William Ruto chose Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate in what was perceived as a blunder at the time, overlooking Kithure Kindiki, the senator for Tharaka Nithi. [14] The Kenya Kwanza coalition deal also stipulated that upon winning the election, the position of Prime Cabinet Secretary was to be created and reserved for the founding party ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday mostly named holdovers from the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government meant to respond to the grievances of young protesters.
Kenya's President William Ruto on Wednesday reshuffled eight members of his cabinet, and folded the foreign affairs ministry into the office of the chief minister. The changes were necessary, Ruto ...
During President Ruto's live address to the nation, he stated that the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary (PCS) is the most senior office in the executive arm of the government after that of the president and deputy president. [4] Mudavadi was officially sworn in as PCS at State House, Kenya on 27 October 2022. [5]