Nairobi, July 30 -- The former Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury has described President William Ruto's leadership style as a one-man show in which the Head of State overshadows independent institutions.

Speaking as a guest speaker in a conference on aid in Sweden, Professor Njuguna Ndung'u accused President Ruto of frequent interference in the affairs of independent institutions, which, he said, has hampered their ability to discharge their mandates.

He said that although institutions have the capacity to do the right thing, their ability to do so is constrained by what he described as "the institutional failure problem", where "somebody wants to overrun the institutions."

"Right now, the current president (Dr Ruto) overruns...