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Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday has sacked his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide protests that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year presidency.
“I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations and other Kenyans, both in public and private, with the aim of setting up a broad-based government,” Ruto said in a televised address to the nation, adding that he would announce additional measures later.
He also dismissed the attorney general but said the office of the deputy president was not affected.
The youth-led protests against planned tax hikes started off peacefully but turned violent, killing at least 39 people in clashes with the police last month.
Some demonstrators briefly stormed parliament, before Ruto abandoned the new taxes.
