William Ruto's struggle for stability on the global stage amid domestic backlash

President William Ruto and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the high-level meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative that he co-chaired at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing. [PCS]

President William Ruto is a bright, hardworking man with his hands in many policy pots. At times, his policies contradict ether because of the changing revolutionary dynamics in world affairs that are linked to political economy. This makes it difficult for him to balance political desires with economic realities and it occasionally lands him in trouble. This commentary seeks to appraise Kenya’s...