The history of William Ruto

William Ruto (William Samoei Arap Ruto) was born on 21 December 1966 in Sambut village, Kamagut, Uasin Gishu County to Daniel Cheruiyot and Sarah Cheruiyot. He attended Kerotet Primary School for his primary school education. He was enrolled in Wareng Secondary School for his Ordinary Levels education before proceeding to Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi County for his Advanced Levels.

He then went on to receive a BSc in Botany and Zoology from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 1990. Ruto later enrolled for a MSc in Plant ecology, graduating in 2011. The following year, he enrolled for a Ph.D. and after several setbacks, he completed and was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi, graduating on 21 December 2018.

Ruto authored several papers including a paper titled Plant Species Diversity and Composition of Two Wetlands in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

During his time in the campus for the undergraduate course, Ruto was an active member of the Christian Union. He also served as the Chairman of the University of Nairobi‘s choir.

It is through his church leadership activities at the University of Nairobi that Ruto met President Daniel Arap Moi who would introduce him to Kenya politics at later date, specifically during the 1992 general elections.

Ruto owns a considerable chicken farm in his home village of Sugoi, which was originally inspired by his stint as a live chicken hawker on the Nairobi-Eldoret highway.

Full Name of William Ruto

William Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is the President-elect of Kenya, he is currently serving as the Deputy President of Kenya since 2013. 

In the 2013 presidential election, Ruto was elected the Deputy President alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta under the Jubilee Alliance ticket. Ruto was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1998 to 2013. He served as Minister for Home Affairs in the Daniel Arap Moi administration from August to December 2002.

He later served in the Mwai Kibaki administration as Minister of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010 and as Minister for Higher Education from April to October 2010. He was elected president of Kenya in the 2022 presidential election.

The history of William Ruto in Summary 

William Ruto
Ruto in 2014
President-elect of Kenya
Assuming office 9 April 2023
Deputy	Rigathi Gachagua (elect)
Succeeding	Uhuru Kenyatta
Deputy President of Kenya
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 April 2013
President	Uhuru Kenyatta
Preceded by	Kalonzo Musyoka (Vice President)
Minister for Higher Education
In office 21 April 2010 – 19 October 2010
President	Mwai Kibaki
Prime Minister	Raila Odinga
Succeeded by	Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili (acting)
Minister of Agriculture
In office 17 April 2008 – 21 April 2010
President	Mwai Kibaki
Prime Minister	Raila Odinga
Preceded by	Kipruto Rono Arap Kirwa
Succeeded by	Margret Nyambura
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 30 August 2002 – December 2002
President	Daniel Toroitich arap Moi
Preceded by	George Saitoti
Succeeded by	Moody Awori
Member of Parliament for Eldoret North
In office 1998–2013
Preceded by	Reuben Chesire
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto 21 December 1966 (age 55) Kamagut, Kenya
Political party	Kenya African National Union (before 2005) Orange Democratic Movement (2005–2011) United Republican Party (2012–2016) Jubilee Party (2016–2021) United Democratic Alliance (2021–present)
Spouse(s)	Rachel Chebet   ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	7
Education	University of Nairobi (BSc, MSc, PhD)

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