President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto arrive at the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Washington, D.C for a recent State Visit on May 22, 2024. [PCS]Once a globe-trotting president, William Ruto is now held back in the country as the youth holds their twice-weekly nationwide protests. “But he has not left the country since Gen Z started demonstrating on June 18.”As a result, Ruto called Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday. “After Tanzania, he was to head to South Africa, then Nato in the US. After South Africa, it was unclear if President Ruto would return to Nairobi before flying to the Nato summit in Washington, USA, held a week ago to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Source: Daily Nation July 23, 2024 11:53 UTC