William Ruto

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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