William Ruto's headache in bid to woo foreign investors amid protests

President William Ruto and US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whiteman look as as Trade CS Moses Kuria and PS Investment Promotion, Abubakar Hassan Abubakar sign bilateral agreement with a US Firm Moderna to build a Sh65 Billion mRNA manufacturing facility in Kenya on March 30, 2023. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

President William Ruto's administration is facing a daunting task of selling Kenya to foreign investors amid riots by Azimio coalition that have brought business activities to a near standstill.

In the past two weeks, President Ruto has had three major sit-downs with investors - at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, in Berlin Germany and at the just-concluded American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM-Kenya) Business Summit held in Nairobi - where he sold the country as a safe business haven.