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The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
President William Ruto declined to sign the controversial finance bill a day after the attack. The assault on the building was the most direct attack on the Kenyan Government in decades. [ 12 ] In an address to the nation following the attack, President William Ruto described the incident as "treasonous" and said that the demonstrations had ...
September 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM. Jasper Colt/Jasper Colt-USA TODAY. President William Ruto of Kenya will visit Haiti on Saturday morning and will receive a formal diplomatic welcome, the Haitian ...
Official website. William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto CGH (born 21 December 1966) is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Previously, holders of the position were referred to as Vice ...
July 24, 2024 at 7:11 AM. 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 ...
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.
Since his climb-down on tax rises, Ruto must now find another path to make his nation's debt pile of some $80 billion, around 70% of GDP, more manageable. IRON FIST, VELVET GLOVE
William Ruto made a state visit to Guinea-Bissau where he was received by his counterpart President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. This marked the first state visit by the Kenyan head of state to the country. Both leaders held bilateral talks and Ruto was also awarded the highest medal in Guinea-Bissau the Amílcar Cabral Medal.