Kenya Protest: President Ruto Dissolves Cabinet (Video)

As part of deliberate steps taken to appease protesters who spent two weeks asking for an end to his administration, President William Ruto of Kenya, on Thursday, swiftly dissolved his cabinet.

He announced this during a television broadcast on Thursday.

Ruto’s plans to raise revenues through tax raises had suffered setbacks even as the Kenya Revenue Authority missed its tax targets for 2023.

“I have decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the cabinet of Kenya, except the prime cabinet secretary and cabinet secretary for diaspora affairs. The office of the vice president is not affected in any way,” Ruto said.

On Tuesday, the president had reached out to opposition leader Raila Odinga to help quell the tensions gripping the country for a month. The current crisis started after the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition failed to heed calls to reject the controversial 2024 Finance Bill, which was finally withdrawn on June 25 after demonstrators overran parliament.

What started as protests against new taxes on bread, cars, diapers, and sanitary towels, among other items, catapulted into calls for Ruto to resign, with Kenyans accusing his government of corruption, extra-judicial killings, abductions, and incompetence.

However, on Thursday, Ruto announced that all cabinets are dissolved except the Cabinet secretary and office of foreign affairs and Deputy president.

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