William Ruto

Mr Ruto hailed it as "a moment like no other", adding that a "village boy" had become president. Defeated candidate Raila Odinga did not attend. He said he ...

I want to thank God because a village boy has become the president of Kenya," Mr Ruto said, referring to the fact that he grew up in rural Kenya. Mr Kenyatta has stepped down at the end of his two terms. In a statement, Mr Odinga said he had received a call from Mr Ruto inviting him to the inauguration, but that he would not attend as he was abroad and he did not believe the election was free and fair. Mr Kenyatta said he was committed to a peaceful transition and urged the new president to serve all Kenyans. Mr Ruto - the former deputy president - was handed a copy of Kenya's constitution and a sword to represent the transfer of power from President Uhuru Kenyatta. Mr Ruto won the election with 50.5% of the vote, to Mr Odinga's 48.8%.

President Ruto said his government is keen on advancing regional integration, trade and peace, continuing on the precedent of his predecessors.

Mr Kenyatta was also actively involved in halting escalating tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia earlier this year. He hosted the EAC heads of State in April to address the DRC conflict and led efforts to bring the rebels and Kinshasa to the table for dialogue. He added that Kenya would “continue to be a dedicated partner to peace, security and prosperity in the East African region,” commending President Kenyatta’s role in steering peace talks in the region during his term in office.

Dr Ruto had in his campaigns promised a new economic order that would address unemployment and lack of opportunities for youth.

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Both Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto were indicted over their roles in deadly 2007 post-election violence; the cases were later closed amid allegations of witness ...

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Four Court of Appeal judges will be sworn in Wednesday at State House.

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President Ruto said continued embedding of the police budget under the Office of the President had created a patronage and robbed the service of ...

To consolidate the place of the judiciary in the Kenyan constitutional and democratic dispensation, President Ruto vowed that his administration will respect ...

In line with this, he said Kenya is on a transition to clean energy that will support jobs, local economies and sustainable industrialisation. Ruto said that he is committed to the two-thirds gender rule as enshrined in the Constitution. “The participation of women in our government does not make us lesser; it makes us greater. Ruto directed that clearing of all goods and other attendant operational issues revert to the port of Mombasa. “We are committed to ensuring that they are paid in the shortest time possible,” he said. To achieve this, budgetary allocation to the judiciary will be boosted by an additional Ksh 3 billion annually for the next 5 years.

The Court of Appeal Judges appointed by Ruto are Korir Weldon, Muchelule Aggrey, Odunga George and Prof Joel Ngugi.

“These resources will support the bottom-up scaling of justice by increasing the number of small claims courts from the current 25 to 100. There are at least 25 small claims courts, 34 High Courts and 123 magistrate courts. Give us a development vote of about Sh5 billion a year and we will construct courts all over the country in 10 years,” said the former CJ. Out of a budget of about Sh3 trillion, give us just 2.5 per cent and we will dispose of cases within two years of their filing. We will also work with the judiciary to build High Courts in the remaining seven counties and magistrates courts in the remaining 123 sub-counties and support their ongoing digitization.” [William Ruto](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/topic/william-ruto) [William Ruto swearing-in](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/topic/william-ruto-swearing-in) [Court of Appeal](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/topic/court-of-appeal) [JSC](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/topic/jsc) According to the President, the resources will be used to increase the number of small claims courts, magistrates courts, and High Courts. Yesterday, Dr Ruto said that his administration would increase the Judiciary funding by Sh3 billion each year, which amounts to Sh15 billion at the end of his five-year tenure. [bag of goodies](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001455615/president-william-rutos-bag-of-goodies-as-he-starts-his-reign) for the third arm of government, Dr Ruto promised to increase funding for the Judiciary to at least Sh90 billion in the next five years. [maiden speech](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001455611/president-william-rutos-full-inauguration-day-speech) as the Head of State yesterday, promised to end a three-year impulse between the Judiciary and the Executive. After years of fighting to have 25 per cent of the Sh3.3 trillion budget, the Judiciary, by July 1, was to get at least Sh75 billion. “To further demonstrate my commitment to the Judiciary, this afternoon I will appoint the six judges already nominated to the court of appeal, which was done three years ago by the Judicial Service Commission, and tomorrow I shall preside their swearing-in so that they can get on with their business of serving the people of Kenya,” said the President in his speech at the Kasarani Stadium.

Kenya will establish the Ministry of Diaspora to address issues affecting its citizens even as it focuses to boost remittances, President William Ruto has ...

About 1.2 million Kenyan youth join the labour market every year. The committee will deal with all matters relating to the protection of the rights and welfare of Kenyans in the diaspora. Those living in the diaspora will also have greater participation in future elections after Dr Ruto said the government will work with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to increase the number of registered voters from the current 10,444.

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Kenya's new President William Ruto gives his inaugural speech after he was sworn in on September 13, 2022. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG. Advertisement.

Before President Ruto made his inaugural speech, he recognised heads of State who had attended the ceremony. Others, especially opposition supporters in the country on the southwest coast of West Africa, were amused by what they saw as the ill-treatment of their President Julius Maada Bio by the organisers of the inauguration ceremony. Some people in Sierra Leone are unhappy with the Kenyan presidential inauguration on Tuesday, in which William Ruto took the oath of office as the country's fifth head of State.