William Ruto

Latest Stories

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

Kenyan police officers, part of a UN-backed multinational force, drive past residents in armored vehicles on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Kenya’s president visits Haiti as U.N. grapples with future of peacekeeping efforts

Associated Press

Kenyan President William Ruto gives an address at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto said he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

FILE - The new Inspector General of the Police of Kenya, Japheth Koome Nchebere, speaks in Nairobi, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, July 12, 2024 after weeks of deadly protests over proposed take hikes in which at least 39 people have died. (AP Photo, file)

Kenya police boss resigns in latest fallout from deadly protests

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

FILE - Kenya's President William Ruto gestures to party officials as he walks with his wife Rachel Ruto as he prepares to address the media at his official residence in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The ballooning debt in East Africa's economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise revenue. He now warns “it will have huge consequences.” (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenya’s president warns of huge consequences after his effort to address an $80 billion debt fails

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

A portrait of Kelvin Kiptum next to his casket is seen ahead of his burial, in Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya, Friday Feb. 23, 2024. World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum was buried Friday following his death in a road accident, as Kenyans castigated the government for not doing enough to protect and support country's famed athletes. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya mourns as marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is given a state funeral

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Human rights activists and members of the Law Society of Kenya hold a peaceful protest in which hundreds took part in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. In recent weeks, Kenyan President William Ruto has threatened to disobey court orders, alleging that some judges are working with opposition politicians to block his administration's projects. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Dozens of Kenyan lawyers protest what they say is judicial interference by President Ruto

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Former Kenyan minister, two others charged with fraud over hospitality college project

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

A Jacaranda tree in bloom in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Every year in early October, clusters of purple haze dot Nairobi's tree line as the city's jacaranda trees come into bloom. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

Kenya declares a surprise public holiday for a national campaign to plant 15 billion trees

By Emmanuel Igunza - Associated Press

FILE - Kenya's President William Ruto addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Kenya’s President William Ruto is seeking $1 billion more in loans from China, despite rising public debt that has now reached $68 billion. He's in Beijing for the summit of the Belt and Road Initiative, China's ambitious plan to connect Africa, Asia and Europe through massive infrastructure and energy projects. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Kenya seeks more Chinese loans at ‘Belt and Road’ forum despite rising public debt

By Emmanuel Igunza - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry, left, greets Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Nganga Mutua, right, before United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses diplomats during a meeting on the security situation in Haiti in New York on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Bing Guan/Pool Photo via AP)

Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

People walk on a road swept by flooding waters in Chikwawa, Malawi, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa. Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what's to come. That can be deadly, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens this week in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as basic as when to plant and when to flee. (AP Photo, File)

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

By Cara Anna and Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

Protesters throwing rocks and police firing tear gas clash in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Kenyans angered by the rising cost of living were back protesting on the streets of the capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday, as they awaited a speech by a longtime opposition leader. (AP Photo)

Kenyan religious leaders urge the president to repeal a new tax law as protests surge

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Faith Kipyegon, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the Women 5000 meters setting a new world record during the Meeting de Paris Diamond League athletics meet in Paris, Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Kenya rewards runner Kipyegon with $35,000 and house for breaking 2 world records

Associated Press

In this Jan 7, 2008, photo, Kenyan politician William Ruto, during a meeting in Narobi, Kenya. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to charge six Kenyans, including the country's deputy prime minister, with crimes against humanity including murder, persecution and rape committed during post election violence in 2007-2008. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

ICC prosecutor seeks Kenya charges

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Kenyans back new constitution; ‘No’ team concedes

By Tom Odula - Associated Press