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e. The president of the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Kenya. The president is also the head of the executive branch of the Government of Kenya and is the commander-in-chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The country's current president is William Ruto since 13 ...
t. e. This is a list of the heads of state of Kenya, from the independence of Kenya in 1963 to the present day. From 1963 to 1964 the head of state under the Constitution of 1963 was the queen of Kenya, Elizabeth II, who was also the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Kenya by a ...
Royal Standard of Bahrain. Presidential Standard of Bangladesh. Presidential Standard of Barbados. Presidential Standard of Belarus. Personal Standard of King Philippe of Belgium. Presidential Standard of Botswana. Presidential Standard of Brazil. Royal Standard of Brunei. Presidential Standard of Burkina Faso.
Presidential standard. The presidential standard or presidential flag is the flag that is used in many countries as a symbol of the head of state or president. In some countries it may be for exclusive use of the president or only raised where the president is present. An equivalent in a monarchy is a royal standard, and in an empire, an ...
Politics of Kenya. The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch of government, headed by the President, who ...
Uhuru Kenyatta. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta CGH (/ ʊ.huː.ruː kɛn.jɑː.tɑː / ⓘ born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. [1][2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, [3] he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) emerged as the largest party, winning 19 seats and taking 67.5% of the vote. The electoral system was changed again prior to the 1963 elections, with the creation of a 129-seat House of Representatives and a 38-seat Senate. KANU won a majority in the House of Representatives and the most seats in the ...
Kenya's president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing relief from economic pain. A youth-led movement had warned the government of ...