Inauguration of William Ruto
# Inauguration of William Ruto

The inauguration of William Ruto as the 5th President of Kenya was held on 13 September 2022. Ruto won a tightly contested election in the 2022 Kenyan general election against his long time opponent Raila Odinga. After the court upheld the election results, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 was declared a public holiday and a day set for the inauguration. The venue for the inauguration was the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, Nairobi. Attendance was very high, with many crowds getting into fights with security officials to be able to enter the stadium, however, the event continued peacefully.

## Dignitaries

| Country | Title | Dignitary |
| - | - | - |
| Heads of state and government ||||
| Burundi | President and Chairperson of the East African Community | Évariste Ndayishimiye |
| Comoros | President | Azali Assoumani |
| Congo-Brazzaville | President | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | President and Chairperson of the African Union | Félix Tshisekedi |
| Djibouti | President | Ismail Omar Guelleh |
| Ethiopia | Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Guinea-Bissau | President | Umaro Sissoco Embaló |
| Malawi | President and Chairperson Southern African Development Community | Lazarus Chakwera |
| Mozambique | President | Filipe Nyusi |
| Rwanda | President | Paul Kagame |
| Seychelles | President | Wavel Ramkalawan |
| Somalia | President | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| South Sudan | President | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
| Tanzania | President | Samia Suluhu Hassan |
| Uganda | President | Yoweri Museveni |
| Zimbabwe | President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Government representatives ||||
| Algeria | Speaker of the Assembly | Brahim Boughali |
| China | Chinese Envoy on African Affairs | Liu Yuxi |
| Cuba | Deputy Prime Minister | Ines Chapman |
| Equatorial Guinea | Vice-President | Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue |
| Gambia | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Mamadou Tangara |
| India | Minister of State for External Affairs | V. Muraleedharan |
| Japan | Secretary-General of Japan-African Union | Hideki Makihara |
| Nigeria | Vice-President | Yemi Osinbajo |
| Serbia | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information | Maja Gojković |
| South Africa | Vice-President | David Mabuza |
| South Korea | Special Envoy | Choung Byoung-gug |
| Sudan | Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council | Malik Agar |
| Togo | President of the National Assembly | Yawa Djigbodi Tségan |
| United Kingdom | Minister of State | Vicky Ford |
| United States | US Trade Representative | Katherine Tai |
| Zambia | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Stanley Kakubo |
| Multilateral Organization Representatives ||||
| African Union | Chairperson of the African Union Commission | Moussa Faki |
