William Ruto

William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Previously, holders of the position were referred to as Vice President and the officeholder was unelected and appointed by the President. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education.

Some of the key events about William Ruto

1992
Graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Science in Botany and Zoology
1992
Accused of selling land plots in the Ngong Forest, a protected area
1997
Earned a Master's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Nairobi
2002
Elected to the National Assembly as the Member of Parliament for Eldoret North
2004
Charged with defrauding the Kenya Pipeline Company of millions of shillings
2005
Appointed as the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs
2008
Became the Minister of Agriculture
2010
Appointed as the Minister of Higher Education
2010
Ordered to surrender a 100-acre farm and pay compensation for illegally acquiring the land
2011
Accused of hate speech for inflammatory remarks against certain ethnic communities
2013
Elected as the first Deputy President of Kenya under the new constitution
2013
Indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity during the 2007-2008 post-election violence
2015
Implicated in a scandal involving the irregular allocation of land meant for a primary school
2018
Enrolled for a PhD program in Plant Ecology at the University of Nairobi
2018
Criticized for acquiring a hotel allegedly built on grabbed public land in Nairobi
2020
Launched the "Hustler Nation" movement, advocating for bottom-up economic model
2020
Accused of inciting violence through divisive political rhetoric
2021
Linked to a controversial arms procurement deal that allegedly bypassed proper procedures
2022
Elected as the 5th President of Kenya
2022
Faced allegations of vote-buying and voter intimidation during the presidential election campaign

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