There are fears that Kenya’s debt has been funding mostly government salaries.
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William Ruto is determined to reduce public debt by collecting more taxes to pay for what the country needs.
William Ruto is sworn-in as Kenya’s president in September 2022. Former President Uhuru Kenyatta looks on.
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Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
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Kenya faces the challenge of delivering quality education without discriminating against learners based on social or economic background.
Motorcycle taxis queue for fuel in Nairobi in April amid shortages.
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With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
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Ignoring local realities risks excluding children from learning.
A Kenyan judicial nominee to the East African Court of Justice, Charles Nyachae, is sworn in before a summit of regional leaders in Kampala in 2018.
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The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
President William Ruto inspects a guard of honour in Nairobi, Kenya in September 2022.
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The purpose of term limits is to minimise corruption and open the government to new ideas that could solve national problems.
Kenyans protest against extrajudicial killings in Nairobi’s Mathare area on 13 April 2022.
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To move towards justice and peace, Kenya must disband all police units implicated in unlawful violence and punish criminal officers.
An Egyptian worker gathers the crop at a maize field, the country’s first harvest of genetically modified maize in 2008.
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Kenya’s GMO policy about-turn was underpinned by improved safeguards on top of a commitment to review each new application on a case-by-case basis.
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Njuguna Ndung'u has the experience that suits Ruto’s bottom-up economics but lacks the political gravitas to appease voters.
William Ruto (L, back row), Henry Kosgey (C, back row) and radio presenter Joshua Arap Sang (R, back row), at the ICC in 2011, charged in connection with post-election violence.
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The ICC can still reopen cases against President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta if it lands solid evidence.
President Uhuru Kenyatta signs a treaty integrating DRC into the East African Community in June 2022.
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Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
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There’s a gap between Kenya’s public spending and its revenue. If the country owes more than it can repay, citizens will suffer.
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Kenya’s election winner has fired the first shot in a war of attrition against legacy media.
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Kenya’s new president campaigned on economic promises, but meeting them won’t be easy or instant.
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Kenya’s new administration needs to prioritise investing in sustainable solutions to fix perennial maize shortages.
Raila Odinga, the Azimio La Umoja (One Kenya Coalition Party) coalition presidential candidate.
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Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
Kenyan President-elect William Ruto at a press conference after the Supreme Court decision.
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The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
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In Kenya’s parliamentary system, lack of a clear party majority makes it hard for a president to deliver on election promises.
Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
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The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.