President
William
Ruto
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Kenyan
President
William
Ruto
on
Thursday
dismissed
all
of
his
Cabinet
ministers
and
promised
to
form
a
new
government
that
will
be
lean
and
efficient
following
weeks
of
protests
over
high
taxes
and
poor
governance.
In
a
televised
address,
the
president
also
dismissed
the
attorney
general
and
said
ministries
will
be
run
by
their
permanent
secretaries.
Ruto
said
he
made
the
move
after
listening
to
the
people
and
that
he
would
form
a
broad-based
government
after
consultations.
Kenya
has
seen
three
weeks
of
unrest
in
which
protesters
stormed
into
parliament
on
June
25
after
a
finance
bill
that
increased
taxes
was
passed.
More
than
30
people
died
in
the
protests,
which
have
morphed
into
calls
for
the
president
to
resign.
Source:
AP
News