Rishi takes over charge of Britain; Jeremy Hunt retained as the finance minister

Kenya's popular newspaper commentator Macharia Gaitho said "Kenya has conquered the British Empire".

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Rishi Sunak has taken over as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Jeremy Hunt has been retained as the finance minister.

According to BBC, Rishi Sunak has favoured closer ties with China than his predecessor, and was criticised by Ms Truss for pursuing a trading relationship when chancellor. 

Ms Truss also spoke of a need to avoid "dependency" on China, and during the summer leadership race said she would declare the country a "threat" to national security - a label already given to Russia. 

She also was reported to have privately supported declaring China's actions against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjang a genocide.

         

                  

                               

Ben Wallace will be defence secretary, and James Cleverly the foreign secretary.

Dominic Raab and Suella Braverman – who were part of Boris Johnson's cabinet – have been appointed as deputy PM and home secretary, respectively.

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US President Joe Biden also lauded Sunak as a “ground-breaking milestone” and expressed hope for closer bilateral ties. 

However, Biden became the talk of the town when he mispronounced the UK PM's name as ‘Rashi Sanook’ instead of Rishi Sunak. The 79-year-old US President still went on with his address in a jolly mood.

In his address, Sunak aimed to build a top ministerial team that can tackle what he called the “profound economic crisis” facing the UK. He said he would restore trust and integrity in government, a subtle jab at Johnson, who resigned as prime minister in disgrace earlier this year.

PM Modi: Getty Image/BBC

PM Modi tweeted: "Special Diwali wishes to the 'living bridge' of UK Indians, as we transform our historic ties into a modern partnership."

“I understand too that I have work to do to restore trust after all that has happened,” Sunak said in his first address.

Rishi Sunak's father, Yashvir, was born in colonial Kenya to parents who had moved from Gujranwala, now in Pakistan, in the 1930s. 

Sunak's father moved to the UK in the 1960s. 

The Taifa Leo newspaper called Mr Sunak's rise another "Barack Obama moment". 

"Sunak's case is nearly similar to that of former US President Barack Obama, who is an American citizen but has Kenyan roots as his father was born in Homa Bay County," Citizen Digital website said. 

Popular newspaper commentator Macharia Gaitho said "Kenya has conquered the British Empire".   

BBC SNAPSHOT

Rishi Sunak is a Brexit supporter, but many EU leaders will have breathed a sigh of relief that he, not Boris Johnson, is taking over as prime minister, BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says. 

Rishi is considered a pragmatist, and EU officials will want to work with him on rising energy costs, and the difficult issue of the Northern Ireland protocol, an important trading arrangement struck during Brexit talks.

During the August leadership contest, Mr Sunak said a trade war with the EU was not in the UK's interest, says a BBC report.

Sunak's elevation is also seen as a "notable new level of multicultural tolerance among the British electorate and the political class".  

Brexit remains one of the key issues between the UK and Ireland, with the Northern Ireland protocol now at the forefront of the agenda. 

"Currently, goods being imported from Britain are checked before entering Northern Ireland. But the UK government previously called for a two-tier system, with checks only being conducted on goods destined for onward travel to the republic." -- BBC  

(for the first time in history, we have Hindu PM in Britain and so in India and Nepal ..... and also Maurtius ... Pravin Jugnauth.... 

Born on 25 December 1961, Jugnauth was born into a Hindu Ahir family !!

According to BBC, Rishi Sunak has favoured closer ties with China than his predecessor, and was criticised by Ms Truss for pursuing a trading relationship when chancellor.