2017 Kenyan general election
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General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors a
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William Ruto
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William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy
2017 Kenyan general election
…days between 20 April and 2 May to conduct their primaries and submit their candidates to the electoral commission. On 29 July 2017, Deputy President William Ruto's house was attacked by a local man armed with a machete. During the siege, the deputy president and his family were not present. The assailant first…
Official portrait, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) walks with Minister of Agriculture William Ruto (left) and environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai (right) during a tour of the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) near Nairobi, 5 August 2009.
Ruto with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016
Ruto with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on 9 May 2023