What is President of Kenya?
{{Infobox Political post |post = President |body = the<br />Republic of Kenya |flag = Ruto Presidential Standard.png |flagsize = 150px |flagcaption = Presidential Standard |insignia = Alternate Coat of arms of Kenya.svg |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Kenya |residence = [[State House (Kenya)|State House]], [[Nairobi]] |appointer = Direct popular vote |style = His [[Excellency]]<br><small>(formal)</small> |termlength = Five years<br><small>renewable</small> |image = William Ruto at WTO Public Forum 2014.jpg |imagesize = 170px |incumbent = [[William Ruto]] |incumbentsince = 13 September 2022 |inaugural = [[Jomo Kenyatta]]<br>12 December 1964 |website = [http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/ statehousekenya.go.ke] }} The '''President of the Republic of Kenya''' ({{lang-sw|Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kenya}}) is the [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] of [[Kenya]]. The president leads the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the [[Government of Kenya]]. The president is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Kenya Defence Forces]]. The first president of Kenya was [[Jomo Kenyatta]]. Now the president is [[William Ruto]]. ==Role== Under the 1964 Constitutional Amendment establishing the Republic of Kenya, the President replaced the Monarch as head of state and the Prime Minister as chief executive. The President was initially elected by the [[House of Representatives of Kenya]], and, after the merger of the House of Representatives and [[Senate of Kenya|Senate]] into a [[unicameral]] [[National Assembly of Kenya|National Assembly]], by the National Assembly, for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy the [[Deputy President of Kenya|Vice-President]] would have served as [[acting (law)|Acting]] President for 90 days until new elections were held. Following the enactment of the 1969 Constitution of Kenya, the system of election by the National Assembly was replaced