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Kenya’s president calls protests ‘treasonous’ after police fire live rounds at demonstrators Larry Madowo, Stephanie Busari, Catherine Nicholls and Sugam Pokharel, CNN June 25, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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.
Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in response to protests triggered by a proposed tax hike.
William Ruto is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 2022, and a former deputy president from 2013 to 2022. He has a background in botany and zoology, and has served in various cabinet positions and political parties.
Faith Odhiambo, the President of the Law Society of Kenya, stated that everyone involved, actively or passively, must be held accountable for their actions. [12] The Kenya Human Rights Commission urged President Ruto to issue an immediate order to "stop the killings". A group of Catholic bishops also urged police not to attack protesters and ...
Protests continued in Kenya's capital and elsewhere Tuesday over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in the wake of the storming ...
Learn about the political system, branches, parties, elections, and conditions of Kenya, a presidential republic with a multi-party system. Find out how Kenya is divided into 47 counties and how it has faced challenges such as corruption and constitutional reform.
By Harold Isaac. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said on Saturday that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a ...