Kenyan Elections 2022: Kenyatta hands power over to William Ruto

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya’s president in a ceremony cheered by thousands in Nairobi. However, he has a daunting task ahead in dealing with the cost-of-living crisis, an increasing debt burden, growing unemployment, and drought issues to contend with.

Over in Somalia, the president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud yesterday made an urgent appeal to the public to avoid Al-Shabab controlled areas. The announcement comes after intensified fighting from Al-Shabaab militants in recent months.

Plus, Tanzania’s three-times Olympian Magdalena Moshi is on a mission to end the culture silence on reproductive health issues around Africa, after she went through. a near death experience which had her undergoing emergency surgery to remove nearly four kilograms from uterine fibroids- a condition she later found out runs in her family but was a taboo subject.

Picture: Kenya's President William Ruto receives a special sword to represent the instrument of his power and authority from his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta during his swearing-in ceremony in Nairobi. Credit: Reuters