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BREAKING: Kenyan president William Ruto removes budgets for offices of First Lady, Second Lady and dissolves 47 state agencies after 3 weeks of anti-government protests.

Mr Ruto announced this in a live broadcast on Friday.

He also dissolved 47 agencies, suspending non-essential travels for officials.

Mr Ruto said “the number of advisors in government by 50% immediately.”

“The operations of the office of the first lady, second lady and the wife of the prime cabinet will be removed,” Mr Ruto added.

According to the Kenyan president, all non-essential travel by state and public officers “is hereby suspended,” and “no state officer or public servant will participate in harambee.”

He added, “In keeping up with the austerity measures we promised, 47 State corporations with overlapping and duplicating functions to be dissolved and affected staff to be transferred to other ministries.”

For three straight weeks, protesters marched on the streets of Kenya, disrupting commercial activities for the third week since the protests against the Finance Bill broke out on June 18.

https://gazettengr.com/just-in-ruto-scraps-budget-for-first-ladys-office-dissolves-40-agencies-amid-protests/

Makes a lot of sense. If you are asking your countrymen to make sacrifices, that you demonstrate that you are prepared to cut the cost of governance.

This is a true leader. Here in Nigeria na selfish men be leaders.

Remman:
This is a true leader. Here in Nigeria na selfish men be leaders.

who is a true leader? It's like you are not following recent events unfolding in Kenya. He did that in a bid to save himself from the gen-z that has taken over the country.

No true leader in Africa. The people must rise up against them to reset their brains. Nigerians dey play.

Will this move assuage the demonstrators who wants him out?
I doubt but then time will tell.