William Ruto, President of Kenya, on Friday 19 July, 2024, appointed the first 11 members of his cabinet, retaining six (6) former ministers, in the key portfolio of Defense and Interior.
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| President of Kenya, William Ruto. Photo: AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi via apnews.com |
Ruto dismissed all but one minister last week, and said he would form a broad-based government that would help him handle issues that brought about the month long protests.
The protests ignited as calls for legislators to vote against a finance bill that was proposing new taxes and subsequently morphed to calls for the President to resign due to bad governance.
The public debt of the East African country has been increasing and President Ruto defended the proposed taxes as a way to repay debt as well as increase internal revenue collection.
