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Office of the First Daughter? Charlene Ruto catches audience off guard as she introduces her team

By Winnie Mabel December 14th, 2022 2 min read

Charlene Ruto, the second eldest daughter of President William Samoei Ruto and Mama Rachel Ruto left an audience aghast when she introduced her team members in what she called the office of the first daughter.

In a video seen by Nairobi News on December 13, 2022, Charlene was speaking to an audience during a summit when she called forth her team and began introducing them.

“So before again I continue, I wanted to introduce quickly my team from Kenya. So I’ll start from the back. So this is Mike Sagana, he’s one of my team members. He’s a politician and he’s my principal advisor on my team. And this is Jermaine Momanyi, he is the head of trade and investments at the office of the first daughter…” began Charlene Ruto.

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It was at this point that the audience could be heard going into shock, then clapping before a section of them began laughing.

“…I don’t get what’s funny,” Charlene said in reaction to the audience laughing.

The Kenyan Constitution does not provide for any office named Office of the First Daughter. It, therefore, remains unknown where Charlene Ruto constituted and grounded this office and the legalities of doing so.

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The existence of such an office has not been announced to Kenyans and so it remains unknown how the office was formed and staffed.

Her introduction of this alleged office in a now-viral video was met with varied reactions from Kenyans who wondered how she is getting special privileges just for being the President’s daughter.

“I am confused over here. Is it a public or private office,” asked Alberto Nyakundi.

“For the first time since God made Kenya, we have the office of the first daughter… okay. Is there anything we don’t know?” asked Philip Etale, a key aide to Raila Odinga.

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“Leave alone the first daughter, we’ll soon have even first gardener’s office and there’s nothing you will do,” added David Rutto.

“The office even has ministries! And they went on foreign trips!” exclaimed Farouk Abdulrahman.

“For the first time since independence, Kenya has an office of the first daughter fully funded by tax payer’s money: fat salaries, guzzlers and fully fledged employees. Can someone say dynasty! The hustler will rule,” said Jaramogi Allan Ofula.

Since President Ruto was sworn into office, Charlene Ruto embarked on an aggressive meeting schedule with several county leaders in offices across the country.

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She also attended international meetings and announced projects she was spearheading to complement her father’s vision for Kenya.

So aggressive is she that Kenyans branded her Quickmart Ivanka for being all over the place and doing work that should be left to elected or hired government officials instead of family members taking up non-existent roles by virtue of being blood-related to the President- just like Ivanka Trump did during her father’s one-term presidency.

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