FILE PHOTO: Kenya's Deputy President and presidential candidate William Ruto delivers a speech during his final election rally ahead of the August 9th general elections at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2022. REUTERS/James Oatway
NAIROBI (Reuters) - William Ruto was sworn as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, taking the helm a week after the country's top court threw out petitions challenging his victory.
Ruto replaces Uhuru Kenyatta, whom he served as deputy since 2013, and will have to tackle a surge in food and fuel prices, high unemployment and rising public debt used to finance development over the past 10 years under his predecessor.
(Reporting by George Obulutsa and James Macharia Chege; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
