President William Ruto has signed two landmark bills into law: the Social Protection Bill 2025 and the Conflict of Interest Bill 2023. The Social Protection Bill significantly expands social welfare coverage, providing monthly stipends to more vulnerable Kenyans, while the Conflict of Interest Bill enhances accountability and ethical conduct among public officers.

• The Social Protection Bill 2025 broadens coverage beyond the elderly, orphans, and persons with severe disabilities to include individuals facing extreme poverty, disasters, job loss, pandemics, and other economic shocks.
• A National Board for Social Protection will oversee digitized registration and benefit distribution, replacing the old physical application system.
• The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) gains an expanded role in enforcing conflict-of-interest provisions.
• The Conflict of Interest Bill mandates a broader category of public officials, including county assembly members, county officers, and top judicial figures like the Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice, to declare income, assets, and liabilities.