Deputy President’s wife, Rachel Ruto is as private as they come. Well, after a little digging we managed to come up with loads of things you might not know about her from previous interviews.
And here they are;
1. About her education: The Kenyatta University graduate attended Butere Girls and is pursuing a Master’s degree in development studies.
2. About her reading culture: She reads inspirational literature late into the night, but wakes up 6.” In a past interview with Daily Nation, she confessed that, “I am a night person.”
3. About other jobs: She runs a family business dubbed Venture Africa Safaris & Travel Ltd.
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Rachel Ruto- Deputy President’s wife
4.About meeting DP William Ruto for the first time: So where and when did she first meet her husband? She told the daily, “Well I may not pinpoint a specific time and place, but I used to see him sing in the university choir…I just saw him… But you know he has always said he saw me before I saw him.”
5. About her Work: Ms Ruto runs most of her activities under the backing of JoyWo (from Joyful Women), an umbrella NGO she founded back in 2009.
6. About previous jobs: She quit her job at the Kenya Trading and Credit Corporation in 1998 and spent a year at home with her children
7. About how she operates: “When the new government came in, I met Margaret and we literally divided work. I work very well with her and even …We support her Beyond Zero Campaign and in fact whenever I get maternal health care cases I refer them to her office.”
8. About changes in her life: I must confess a lot has changed. You know I like freedom. I like to meet people and go to the market to buy groceries for my family. But now there are a little bit of restrictions. I can’t go to Gikomba, for instance, unless it is planned.
9. About her cooking: She believes she is the best cook of chapati in the world. She told Nation, “I also like making a type of chicken and onion soup which my children love a lot.”
10. On Kenya’s education system: Ms Ruto decries an education system that subjects students to the same exams despite their circumstances, but she encourages more youths to go into business.
