On December 21, 1966, William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto was born.
Is a Kenyan politician who took office as Kenya's fifth president on September 13, 2022. From 2013 to 2022, he served as Kenya's 11th vice president before being elected president. He has held a number of cabinet roles in the past, including those of Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Higher Education.
Ruto served as the eldoret north constituency's elected representative from 1997 to 2007 under the kanu party and from 2007 to 2013 under the odm party. from august to december 2002, he served as the daniel arap moi administration's minister of home affairs. he served as kenya's minister of agriculture from 2008 to 2010 and its minister of higher education from april to october of that same year. ruto, a member of the united republican party, campaigned with uhuru kenyatta of the national alliance for the position of vice president in the 2013 election (tna). as a result, their candidate received the minimum number of votes required by the constitution to be declared the victor of the election. along with his running mate, the 4th president of the republic of Kenya. he later won the deputy presidency for the jubilee party in the 2017 General election, and here is where the rise of hustler started.
With the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), whose logo included a wheelbarrow, Ruto successfully stood for president in the 2022 election. This party's goal was to support the common mwanainchi.
