Since coming to power in September 2022, Kenyan President William Ruto has sought to make good on his pledge to upend his adversaries' political "dynasties". Ruto is working to unravel their political and business networks, all while weaving his own.
The French and Kenyan presidents are organising summits in their respective capitals over the coming weeks which they are each hoping their counterpart will attend. It's seen as an opportunity to highlight their common positions on environmental and financial issues.
Since he came to power, the Kenyan president has been looking to forge closer links with press bosses as a means of obtaining greater influence over a media sector which he felt was largely hostile to him prior to his election.
The Deputy President is failing in his bid to reign supreme in Kenya's Central Province, where traditional leaders continue to back former president Uhuru Kenyatta. William Ruto, meanwhile, is keen to contain his number two's influence.
Nairobi and Tokyo are determined to strengthen cooperation, not least so they can jointly stand up to China. But various fiscal and business obstacles still stand in the way of a deeper partnership.
The president has decided to take a less partisan approach in his relationship with the Kenyan diaspora, following protests over a highly political task force formed a few weeks ago.
Kenya, which is keen to reduce China's economic hold over it, particularly in relation to its debt, is turning for help to other South East Asian states. President Ruto's advisers believe that their country could take example from them.
The Kenyan president is threatening to take opposition leader Raila Odinga to the International Criminal Court if he doesn't put an end to anti-government riots. Ruto himself appeared before the ICC a decade ago accused of orchestrating deadly post-electoral violence, but the case against him was eventually dismissed.
After dealing a blow to the business of his arch political foe Raila Odinga in March, President William Ruto is again attacking the dairy sector, which is largely dominated by the family of his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Kenyan president wants to diversify a sector that currently benefits his main political opponents, even if it means putting government infrastructure projects on hold.
The Kenyan president is pushing one of his closest allies to take over the leadership of the private sector's leading forum. The chamber's outgoing head, Richard Ngatia, is struggling to retain his position.
The Kenyan president has poached several people with historic ties to his political rival and given them jobs in key development bodies, especially those active in regions traditionally seen as strongholds of his opponents.
The Kenyan president takes a dim view of the personal politicking of his two main allies, Rigathi Gachagua and Musalia Mudavadi, who are already trying to pave a path to their own success in the 2027 elections.
The Kenyan president has a score to settle with George Kinoti, a former senior police officer accused of political bias. But on the advice of pragmatic allies, he has decided against mounting another retaliatory prosecution.
The team put in place by the previous administration to reform the coffee sector has managed to survive the post-election transition, thanks in large part to the intervention of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Financiers working for former president Uhuru Kenyatta and his pick of presidential candidate Raila Odinga have since turned to William Ruto in the hopes of protecting their business empires and are willing to pour cash into the new head of state's key projects.
Should, as our sources intimate, the governorship of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) fall vacant ahead of schedule, it could well go to an economist close to William Ruto. Such an appointment would help the president seal his political alliances.
It has not taken Kenya's new president long to turn his attentions to the monopoly enjoyed in the dairy sector by his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta. Ruto's main target is Brookside Dairy, the family business that has blossomed over the last decade.
Several clans in President William Ruto's entourage are jockeying to get their representative appointed as the new head of the highly strategic Kenya Ports Authority.
Kenya's new president is preparing to pull the Kenya Meat Commission from out of the Ministry of Defence's hands to place it under the control of the agriculture and finance ministries. This state-owned entity centralises meat purchases from the country's producers.
The new president William Ruto has secretly decided to put an end to the monopoly enjoyed by Autoport Freight Terminals Ltd, a company owned by Ali Hassan Joho, who is thus paying the price for giving financial support to defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
After having been sidelined under the previous administration, supporters of new president William Ruto want to take control of the production of tea, Kenya's leading export commodity. The rival factions are fighting it out in private sector consortium the KTDA.
The new president must soon find a replacement for the head of Kenya's military as the top brass appointed by his predecessor approach retirement. But the options open to him are rife with political considerations.
The new Kenyan president is seeking to consolidate his support in the regions that have supported him the most, while at the same time leaving a fair share for his main allies. The goal is to maximise his chances of re-election in five years' time.
