{"id":2019,"date":"2024-06-26T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:46:08","slug":"president-william-ruto-declines-to-sign-the-finance-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019","title":{"rendered":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President William Ruto has declined to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024 into law, following countrywide outrage that has seen millions of young people stage demonstrations in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President has proposed several amendments to a bill that will be sent back to Parliament before they break for recess.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The House may amend the bill in light of the President\u2019s reservations or pass it a second time without amending it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the amendments fully accommodate the President\u2019s reservations, the speaker must resubmit it to the President for assent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the House considers the President\u2019s reservations, it may pass the bill a second time, without amendment, or with amendments that do not fully accommodate his reservations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has declined to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024 into law, following countrywide outrage that has seen millions of young people stage demonstrations in Kenya. The President has proposed several amendments to a bill that will be sent back to Parliament before they break for recess. The House may amend the bill&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President William Ruto has declined to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024 into law, following countrywide outrage that has seen millions of young people stage demonstrations in Kenya. The President has proposed several amendments to a bill that will be sent back to Parliament before they break for recess. The House may amend the bill...Read More &ldquo;President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill&rdquo; &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RADIO R\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canidarichards15\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"513\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Naomy Mbaka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Naomy Mbaka\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Naomy Mbaka\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d95aff77030be196850d4ac34950ec12\"},\"headline\":\"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019\",\"name\":\"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":513},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?p=2019#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"RADIO R\",\"description\":\"Your home of African Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RADIO R\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Radio-R-Website-Banner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Radio-R-Website-Banner.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"RADIO R\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/canidarichards15\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d95aff77030be196850d4ac34950ec12\",\"name\":\"Naomy Mbaka\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Naomy Mbaka\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cradior.com\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill","og_description":"President William Ruto has declined to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024 into law, following countrywide outrage that has seen millions of young people stage demonstrations in Kenya. The President has proposed several amendments to a bill that will be sent back to Parliament before they break for recess. The House may amend the bill...Read More &ldquo;President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill&rdquo; &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019","og_site_name":"RADIO R","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canidarichards15","article_published_time":"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":513,"url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Naomy Mbaka","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Naomy Mbaka","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019"},"author":{"name":"Naomy Mbaka","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d95aff77030be196850d4ac34950ec12"},"headline":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill","datePublished":"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019"},"wordCount":126,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019","url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019","name":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-06-26T12:45:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-26T12:46:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg","width":768,"height":513},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=2019#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President William Ruto Declines to Sign the Finance Bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/","name":"RADIO R","description":"Your home of African Music","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#organization","name":"RADIO R","url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Radio-R-Website-Banner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Radio-R-Website-Banner.jpg","width":1200,"height":400,"caption":"RADIO R"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canidarichards15"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d95aff77030be196850d4ac34950ec12","name":"Naomy Mbaka","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/341c477a531c0edb51b22978f61d0555a881a15331f260485ef2cd6732a3ff9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Naomy Mbaka"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.cradior.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?author=6"}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",768,513,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",768,513,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",768,513,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",650,434,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",768,513,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1.jpeg",768,513,false],"depicter-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5316-768x513-1-200x134.jpeg",200,134,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Naomy Mbaka","author_link":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?author=6"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"President William Ruto has declined to sign the controversial Finance Bill 2024 into law, following countrywide outrage that has seen millions of young people stage demonstrations in Kenya. The President has proposed several amendments to a bill that will be sent back to Parliament before they break for recess. The House may amend the bill...Read&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2021,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/2021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}