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Current head of state and government under the Kenya Kwanza administration.
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William Samoei Ruto
President of KenyaUDA
Current President of Kenya. This profile links current office, earlier national service, source-backed promise tracking, and regime context where the evidence pack is publicly visible.
Office timeline
Verified office history
Deputy President of Kenya
Served as the first Deputy President under the 2010 Constitution during the Uhuru administration.
Regimes
Service context and linked administrations
National regime
Ruto Administration
September 13, 2022 - Current
Current national administration under President William Samoei Ruto. Politipedia only surfaces regime metrics and records here where the underlying source is official and dated.
William Samoei RutoKithure Kindiki
Affordable housing units under construction
150,000
Figure cited in the Office of the President brief on the affordable housing programme published on June 5, 2025.
Affordable housing units completed
11,000
Figure cited in the same official brief and retained here as a sourced programme milestone rather than an unsourced score.
National regime
Uhuru Administration
April 9, 2013 - September 13, 2022
National administration led by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Politipedia only links this regime where an office term is supported by visible official or parliamentary reference material.
Uhuru KenyattaWilliam Samoei Ruto
Metrics for this regime are still being normalized into publishable evidence packs.
Promises
Promise tracking with source-backed benchmarks
Deliver an affordable housing programme at national scale
Promise date: January 27, 2023
Politipedia marks this promise as in progress because official programme updates show rollout activity and completed units, but the long-term delivery benchmark is still active and not yet closed.
Benchmark
National affordable housing rollout with annual delivery targets
Original source
Office of the President: affordable housing launch statementEvidence pack
Office of the President: affordable housing impact brief
Documented outcomes
Evidence-first outcomes and audit trail
Documented outcome packs are still under verification for this profile.
Source ledger
Every source used on this profile
Source date: January 27, 2023
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Last verified: March 2, 2026