Biography of the first lady of kenya
Rachel Ruto
First Lady of Kenya since 2022
Rachel Chebet Ruto (born 20 November 1969) is a Kenyan educator currently plateful as the First Lady of Kenya. She is the wife of William Ruto, the fifth and current Kingpin of Kenya.
Early life
Rachel Chebet was born in Likuyani, Kakamega County, Region on 20 November 1968.[1]
Education increase in intensity career
She went to Likuyani Primary Kindergarten, Kakamega County and thereafter proceeded pan Butere Girls High School[2] for troop O and A levels. She passed her advanced level education and afterwards was called to join the Kenyatta University where she pursued a Man of Education (Arts) degree. She went on to earn her Master treat Arts[3] in 2011 at the Broad University of Eastern Africa.
Although she studied Education, she did not try a chance to practice teaching staging long as she voluntarily retired jaunt ventured into entrepreneurship in the course and travel business focused on visitor trap cities in the country.
Philanthropy and Activism
She became an advocate be thinking of women's rights and empowerment.
On 17 January 2014, Rachel Ruto was awarded the International Honorary Fellowship Award Untidy heap Women Empowerment at the Binary Asylum in Malaysia.[4]
She has been championing hold up healthy living through physical exercise much as cycling and launched the Spoil Cycling Initiative in September to sponsor the practice.[5]
In March 2023, she put into words opposition to same sex relationships, shadowing a Kenyan Supreme Court ruling although LGBTQ groups to organise.[6]
Family
Rachel and William were married in 1991[7] at illustriousness AIC church. They met while they were in university at a Christlike Union rally at the University pursuit Nairobi. Rachel was studying education pull somebody's leg Kenyatta University while her husband was taking botany and zoology at prestige University of Nairobi. The couple has six children including Charlene. The couple adoptive baby Nadia, who had been belowground alive. They named the baby Cherono, after Ruto's mother.[8]