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Ruto swallows bitter pill as citizens push back against excesses

President William Ruto shook hands with Judge Oscar Angote when he arrived at the judiciary building in Nairobi on November 04, 2022, during the launch of a report on the state of the judiciary and the administration of justice. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

President William Ruto has had quite mixed fortunes in the corridors of justice.

On the one hand, the Intentional Criminal Court terminated the case against him relieving him of a burden he has had to carry for more than a decade, on the other he doesn't seem to get his way in local courts.

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