Kenya's president axed the bill after large demonstrations, in which rights groups say police shot at protesters and more than 20 people were killed. But protesters vow to march on.
Thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered parliament in Nairobi and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades in Kenya.
Ruto also seemed to have mended fences with his former boss, outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta, asking him to keep leading talks on regional crises. His ascent concluded a markedly peaceful election.
One of Kenya's presidential candidates is promising to legalize weed. His long-shot campaign has entertained, but it might also mark a different kind of politics for the East African nation.
