This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto today received a congratulatory message from Americas President Barrack Obama on their Israel president Isaac Herzog congratulates Ruto. Ruto won the. Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief, Check your email and confirm your subscription. Chebukatis announcement came within an hour after his deputy Juliana Cherera led three other commissioners out of the tallying centre to proclaim their dissent elsewhere in Nairobi. On Monday, August 15, a historic moment in Kenya unfolded after outgoing Deputy President William Ruto was declared the president-elect by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati at the Bomas of Kenya, after garnering 7,176,141 votes ( 50.49 per cent). Yet its members have seemed strangely reluctant to munch. Bloomberg Surveillance: Early Edition with Anna Edwards, Matt Miller & Kailey Leinz live from London, Berlin and New York, bringing insight on global markets and the top business stories of the day. The DP stated that he does not mind even being guarded by G4S officers, saying GSU officers should protect Kenyans and the country at large hence if that is the purpose for which they were redeployed then he has no problem. The other four had left to disown the results at a press conference elsewhere. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according. Odinga spokesman Makau Mutua has described the chairpersons announcement as invalid because he had no quorum of commissioners to hold a plenary and make such a weighty decision. Di deputy president na constitutional role, meaning dem no fit fire Oga Mr Ruto. The committee did not ask one nominee why he once threatened to sexually assault a female MP with a beer bottle and glossed over British court documents suggesting that another had taken bribes from two British businessmen jailed in 2015. The oath-taking and swearing-in will happen seven days after the date on which the court renders a decision declaring the election to be valid, if any petition was filed. Others who have been in and out of trouble in the past got an even easier ride. All rights reserved. Because unless there is a magician somewhere who has the ability to hack the IEBC infrastructure, download and upload new things, the probability of rigging is zero.. Belgut MP Noel Koech Challenges Moses Kuria's Decision to Go After China Square. The congratulatory message was presented by ambassador Michael Lotem at. I stand before you despite intimidation and harassment, Wafula Chebukati, chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said early Monday evening. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. You have the ability to transform this country for the betterment of all pic.twitter.com/fvNbzPrCLr, Hon. The campaign by Kenya's opposition to cast doubt on William Ruto's 2022 victory was aided by Israeli hackers, who accessed the Telegram accounts of the president's senior officials Gur Megiddo Omer Benjakob Feb 15, 2023 Tal Hanan is a terrific salesperson. 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Oga Kenyatta prefer im former political nemesis-turned-ally, Raila Odinga. Sharing a cup of tea with the new security team as I welcome them to the Official Residence of the Deputy President, tweeted DP Ruto. The DP also rubbished calls from a section of the political class, including President Uhuru Kenyatta, for him to resign from the Jubilee government over his alleged dissatisfaction with its operations. Sept. 13, 2022. Criminal cases against Mr Rutos allies are rapidly being abandoned. P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya. According to him, quitting the government he helped form at this point would only amount to the millions of Kenyans that braved long queues and a cold morning weather to cast votes in Jubilees favour. ambassador Michael Lotem at Deputy President's Official residence in Karen, Nairobi, on Monday. Bloomberg Daybreak, anchored from New York, Boston, Washington DC and San Francisco provides listeners with everything they need to know. AP - Ben Curtis. One reason is expediency. Govt lifts ban on Power Purchase Agreements. That nullification led to the IEBC incrementally uploading result forms from the polling units to a public portal, immediately after this election was concluded. The Central Organisation of Trade Union secretary-general Francis Atwoli faulted the government adding that Ruto should have been alerted first before the GSU withdrawal. Fred Matiang tell one parliamentary security committee on Wednesday to explain why dem withdraw General Service Unit (GSU) officers from Ruto residences and replace dem wit Administration Police officers. Aggrieved parties hoping for a similar cancellation will have to go the extra mile, analysts say. To defeat the combined forces of his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, and Raila Odinga, Mr Kenyattas favoured successor as president, Mr Ruto had to build a large, multi-ethnic coalition. Ambassador Michael Lotem, congratulating Ruto at his Official Karen Residence in Nairobi County. Najib Balala (@tunajibu) August 15, 2022. Filmed at key heritage sites all across Hong Kong, including Tai Kwun, Tang Tsing Lok Ancestral Hall and Kowloon Walled City Park, this documentary showcases Hong Kong's multicultural history. Several of his cabinet choices smack of payback. We will make sure the nation is firmwakulima wanatafutahii mambo ya GSU, AP ni mambo madogo sana tusipoteze wakatiSina shida na AP wakikuja kusimamia mahali naishiwale GSU kama kazi imepatikana ili Wakenya wapate usalama wacha wasaidie Wakenya pale, he said, Wanaweza leta hata G4S, there is no problemtusilete migawanyiko kwa askarituache siasa duni.wale wanajitafutia nani mkubwa nani mdogo, haya hayasaidii changamoto zilizoko kwa Wakenyapriorities ni kujua wafanyibiashara wanapata fedha wapi.. It did the same in the UN Security Council, where it holds a non-permanent seat. Given the tightly contested elections and arising controversies, legal battles are expected, as has been the case in the last few electoral cycles. Kenya's President-elect William Ruto has told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that he will work to unify the country following a narrow election win, as well as playing an active role in solving East. Im tok say dem station some officers for airport hanger to guard Oga Ruto two helicopters. The GSU left Ruto's rural home in Sugoi, Eldoret town residence at Elgon View and his official Karen abode in Nairobi. This has not stopped him aligning with the West elsewhere, however. He sounds pragmatic in foreign policy, too. Mr Ruto seems untroubled by his minions baggage, perhaps because he carries so much of his own. President William Ruto wants to ban the use of firearms by herders to guard their herds. Subsidies have been introduced for fertiliser in an effort to lower the price of farm inputs. Legal battles and political intrigue are expected in the coming days, now that William Ruto has won the Kenyan presidential election. The youthful man appeared to have caught the bodyguards unaware and gave Ruto a blue file. He pleaded innocent and the trial was halted amid accusations of witness-tampering, though the judges pointedly declined to acquit him. Azimio leader Raila Odinga now has spelled out three demands President William Ruto must meet for them to . Unlike Mr Odingas campaign team, the new presidents one pointedly refused to make the fight against corruption a priority. , This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "See no evil", Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents, A new contest between the US and China is under way, While politicians prick each other, a scorpion-breeder offers herbal remedies, The internet creates new kinds of work, but patterns of inequality persist, Published since September 1843 to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.. Foreign countries and leaders have continued to congratulate Ruto on his win, as President Uhuru Kenyatta continues to stay silent on the issue. , , , , . Ruto won the election by a narrow margin, garnering 50.49 percent of the votes to his closest challenger Raila Odingas 48.85 percent. President-elect William Ruto will start receiving briefings from the respective national security organs after being declared the winner of the General Election. . In other news, Ruto was among the high-profile dignitaries who graced the final funeral service of the late Mwai Kibaki held in Othaya, Nyeri county. In so doing, he accrued a fat wodge of political debt, some of it from less-than-salubrious types. Deputy President William Ruto has sensationally claimed the security reshuffle at his residence is a political scheme by people who are keen to harm him. The president is also. Your browser does not support the