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The Presidency of Kenya
Governs Kenya
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Who sits on it
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President of Kenya
Elected
- William Ruto President of Kenya UDA · since September 2022
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Deputy President of Kenya
Elected
- Kithure Kindiki Deputy President of Kenya UDA · since November 2024
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of Kenya kenyalaw.org · checked
- William Ruto as President of Kenya president.go.ke · checked
- Deputy President of Kenya kenyalaw.org · checked
- Kithure Kindiki as Deputy President of Kenya president.go.ke · checked
What it can do
- Head of State and Government
The President is Head of State and Government, exercises the executive authority of the Republic with the Deputy President and Cabinet, and is Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (Constitution arts 129-131).
- Appoint Cabinet Secretaries and senior officers
The President nominates and, with the approval of the National Assembly, appoints Cabinet Secretaries, the Attorney General and judges on nomination by the Judicial Service Commission (Constitution arts 152, 156, 166).
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Sources for what it can do
- Head of State and Government kenyalaw.org · checked
- Appoint Cabinet Secretaries and senior officers kenyalaw.org · checked
Sources
- kenyalaw.org · checked Constitution of Kenya 2010 (arts 93-98, 129-131, 152, 156, 163), cited for the structure of the national institutions; article text not re-read this session. Websites: president.go.ke, parliament.go.ke, judiciary.go.ke. For: The Presidency of Kenya
- kenyalaw.org · checked Constitution of Kenya 2010, article cited in each description; paraphrased from knowledge of the text, article text not re-read this session. For: Head of State and Government, Appoint Cabinet Secretaries and senior officers
- kenyalaw.org · checked Constitution of Kenya 2010 (arts 97, 98, 101, 106, 136-138, 148, 152, 156, 163, 166): composition, size and selection of each office; article text not re-read this session. For: President of Kenya, Deputy President of Kenya
- president.go.ke · checked Presidency of Kenya, Cabinet page (undated, footer 2026), read 2026-10-12: President, Deputy President, Attorney General, Cabinet Secretaries. No 2026 reshuffle found in news searches. Start dates only where a source gave them (Ruku and Cheptumo sworn in 2025-04-17; Ruto 2022-09-13; Kindiki 2024-11-01). For: William Ruto as President of Kenya, Kithure Kindiki as Deputy President of Kenya
- kenyans.co.ke · checked IEBC Election Operations Plan for 2027 as reported by Kenyans.co.ke and The Standard, June 2026, read 2026-10-12: general election Tuesday 10 August 2027; second Tuesday of August per Constitution art 101. Official IEBC page not fetched. For: General election, August 10, 2027