Kenya’s President William Ruto has been sworn in as the 5th President of Kenya at Moi International Sports Centre in Kenya.
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera, Malawi Government officials and other visiting Heads of State and Government, Heads of Delegation and Foreign Dignitaries attended the ceremony.
President Ruto is being Deputised by Right Honourable Rigathi Gachagua.
EAC Heads of State Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Uganda), Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan), Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi) and Felix Tshisekedi (DR Congo) are attending the inauguration.
Also present were Presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somalia), Filipe Nyusi (Mozambique), Wavel Ramkalawan (Seychelles), Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (Guinea Bissau) and Azali Assoumani (Comoros).
President Mahamat Deby (Chad), Julius Maada Bio (Sierra Leone), Ismail Omar Guelleh (Djibouti), Brahim Ghali (Sahrawi) as well as Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini of Eswatini and AUC Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat also attended the ceremony.