Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday re-appointed several members of the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government that he said would respond to the grievances of young protesters, Report informs via Reuters.

In a televised address, Ruto announced 11 appointments to what he had promised would be a broad-based unity government. He said other nominations would follow soon.

The mass firing last week was a concession to demands from youth-led protests that had already forced him to withdraw $2.7 billion in proposed tax hikes.

Ruto re-appointed Kithure Kindiki as interior minister, Aden Duale as defense minister and Soipan Tuya as environment minister. He also changed the portfolios of two other ministers.