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I just deleted a sentence referring to the New Year's Day church fire near Eldoret. As far as I know, Ruto has not been linked to this, even by allegation, and the sentence did not explain the connection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Borgschulte (talk • contribs) 02:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just added clarification about the ODM "strategy" paper that circulated online in the days when the election ended and the violence started. It is not a fact that it was a real paper and not a manufactured one, so it can't be reported as though it was a real paper to therefore incriminate Ruto and others on the serious charges included such as ethnic cleansing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.230.82.87 (talk) 19:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it is a FACT that William Ruto's skills include ethnic cleansing and corruption. Actually he doesn't know anything else than ethnic cleansing and corruption. He is ethnic cleansing and corruption. I think that Wikipedia makes a major mistake by deleting my addition to the William Ruto article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.224.64 (talk) 08:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

feelings are not FACTS. keep them out of the page. 197.232.67.253 (talk) 17:11, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2019

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Under the section titled "Controversy," remove the sentence: "Most of the accusations leveled against him have originated from his generosity." This claim is unsubstantiated. Bigjobab (talk) 21:27, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Removed, along with the rest of the paragraph, which was sourced to a blatantly biased opinion piece. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 21:39, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Condition

This page is a bit of a mess, first Ruto is called a "badman" in the first sentence, then the first section says he was "best in class" and offered a Harvard position. I'm not sure what tags to add or how to add them but I think substantial steps are needed to fix this page. Watercheetah99 (talk) 20:26, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Article Clean Up

I will be cleaning up the article and adding citations. For any discussion,it can be directed here. Mwenemucii (talk) 18:16, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 August 2022

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Bmbuvi93 (talk) 12:10, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
office              = Presidential Candidate on UDA ticket of Kenya[reply]

| term_start = TBA | term_end = | Running Mate = Rigathi Gachagua | president = Uhuru Kenyatta

Not done: Candidate is not an office. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:47, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Ruto

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William Ruto is the new president of the 2022 Presidential Election Swekers (talk) 17:15, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 18:55, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2022

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Assumption of office needs to be changed from April 2023. Vivekrajdev (talk) 12:00, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Added presumptive date of 30 August 2022, which is the date assuming that the petition is not filed MediaKill13 (talk) 12:15, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Partisan edits

I am a retired, lifelong American journalist; in the Controversies section especially, the facts presented, particularly in the language presented, don't add up. This feels like a hodgepodge of opposing partisan talking points, raising unproven accusations and accolades. The facts are suspect; some read as efforts by the former president of Kenya to dispute the legitimacy and reputation of the new president. This needs very active fact checking, but others will have to do that work. 2604:2D80:A782:BC00:4810:E50D:FAD6:B7AD (talk) 03:53, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

what parts do you object to, specifically? lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみなさい, ping me when replying 04:06, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 September 2022

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Hon. William Samoei Ruto is the current President of the Republic of Kenya KelvinMachariaMutugi (talk) 17:08, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 September 2022

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Change He is the 11th deputy president to He is the first Deputy president 197.178.208.211 (talk) 10:32, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note done, see Deputy President of Kenya, he is the 11th and current. --Mvqr (talk) 11:17, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Page description title

Change page description title to "President of Kenya since 2022" according to WP:SDDATES--AbdulOlu (talk) 19:45, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The short description was changed to "5th President of Kenya", which will provide sufficient disambiguation and will not require editing when his term is completed. General Ization ^Talk 19:50, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Inauguration of William Ruto into William Ruto#Presidency

This information (apart for the listing of individual dignitaries) already exists in the article on William Ruto. The listing of individual dignitaries adds no value to the article. Dan arndt (talk) 09:32, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I believe otherwise. In my view, the inauguration was so significant given the tension in the country, the belief (among some) that the incumbent wouldn't hand over power, as well as the intrigues that happened within the IEBC, and at Bomas of Kenya just before the announcement of the president-elect (including the roughing up of then IEBC Chair and Presidential Returning officer, Wafula Chebukati, and other such events that could potentially jeopardize the inauguration). It's widely believed that IEBC officials were coerced to announce a different result, among other significant events that support why I think this deserves a standalone article.

Also, although Presidency begins with inauguration, I do not think discussing inauguration as part of Presidency is appropriate. I think Presidency should stick to info about his reign from day 1 in office.

Give me a chance to expand the article; but I also welcome advice on why that's not necessary. See-N-e-v-e-r-M-i-n-d (talk) 02:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, Dan arndt and support the proposal... it makes sense to me. Volten001 ^☎ 14:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2022

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Remove Prime Cabinet Secretary from infobox. He is not a Prime Minister. Prime Minister is a constitutional office in Kenya and can only be recognized if the constitution is amended. This is a new office. 102.140.222.226 (talk) 11:40, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done MediaKill13 (talk) 08:25, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Add hyperlink to land grabbing Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_grabbing) to the land grabbing section. SupportOpenSource (talk) 19:00, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done ULPS (talk) 20:28, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of assassination of ICC witnesses

There should be a mention of ICC witness assassinations under controversies Cyclone26 (talk) 10:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what's that? ltb d l (talk) 10:53, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SST

Did e gift 41.210.159.12 (talk) 12:32, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2024

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In the Presidency'Bold text' section, kindly add the gazettement of the sacking of the cabinet. Ref: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-07-17-ruto-gazettes-dismissal-of-his-cabinet/ Mutaaih (talk) 18:54, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Left guide (talk) 23:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]