Rachel ruto full names
Rachel Ruto
First Lady of Kenya since
Rachel Chebet Ruto (born 20 November ) is a Kenyan educator currently serving as the First Lady of Kenya. She is the wife of William Ruto, the fifth and current President of Kenya.
Early life
Rachel Chebet was born in Likuyani, Kakamega County, Western Region on 20 November [1]
Education and career
She went to Likuyani Primary School, Kakamega County and thereafter proceeded to Butere Girls High School[2] for her O and A levels.
Rachael ruto biography The project to empower women is known as joyful women organization. Rachel Ruto is passionate about women empowerment. The Kenyatta University graduate is married to the deputy president of Kenya William Ruto and they are blessed with six children. Mama Rachel is a trained teacher who voluntarily resigned to pave the way for the prosperity of her marriage with Dr William Ruto.She passed her advanced level education and subsequently was called to join the Kenyatta University where she pursued a Bachelor of Education (Arts) degree. She went on to earn her Master of Arts[3] in at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
Although she studied Education, she did not get a chance to practice teaching for long as she voluntarily retired and ventured into entrepreneurship in the tour and travel business focused on tourist trap cities in the country.
Philanthropy and Activism
She became an advocate for women's rights and empowerment.
On 17 January , Rachel Ruto was awarded the International Honorary Fellowship Award On Women Empowerment at the Binary University in Malaysia.[4]
She has been championing for healthy living through physical exercise such as cycling and launched the Mama Cycling Initiative in September to promote the practice.[5]
In March , she expressed opposition to same sex relationships, following a Kenyan Supreme Court ruling allowing LGBTQ groups to organise.[6]
Family
Rachel and William were married in [7] at the AIC church.
They met while they were in university at a Christian Union rally at the University of Nairobi.
Racheal ruto biography First Lady of Kenya since In addition, she is a beauty with glowing looks and an embattled reputation. Your email address will not be published. From very humble beginnings, she rose to become a successful woman who many look up to for guidance and inspiration.Rachel was studying education at Kenyatta University while her husband was taking botany and zoology at the University of Nairobi. The couple has&#;six children including Charlene. The couple adopted baby Nadia, who had been buried alive. They named the baby Cherono, after Ruto's mother.[8]