Ruto’s headache on diversity in top govt jobs

William Ruto

Kenyan President William Ruto at the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2022. He is expected to announce key appointments. PHOTO | AFP

Kenya’s President William Ruto is expected to unveil his first Cabinet ministers and senior public officials in the coming days, in what is certain to invite intense scrutiny about the new administration’s commitment to ethnic and gender diversity.

Local media reports suggest that President Ruto is likely to announce the key public service appointments as soon as he returns from the US, where he made his maiden address as Kenya’s leader at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.