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William Ruto
President of Kenya (since 2022)
The self-styled 'hustler' who rose from selling chickens to State House.
KemetLeads Scorecard
How we score →Governance deliveryNo data
Democratic trajectory≈ +0.01 2022–2025
Rule of law & corruptionNo data
Rights & participationNo data
Constitutional conduct & exit
3.3 / 5 provisional — in office
✓ Democratic legitimacy✓ Constitutional conduct· Peaceful exit✗ Development & rights
Credibly elected in 2022; the lethal response to the 2024–25 protests weighs on the record.
Rows 1–4: country-level change during the tenure — evidence, not proof.
Our read
Elected credibly, governing constitutionally — and yet the record check fails on the protest deaths. The scorecard separates how power was won from how it is being used.
The rise
From humble rural beginnings, Ruto built a long political career and won the 2022 election by casting himself as champion of ordinary strivers — the 'hustler nation'.
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