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Revision as of 15:56, 3 August 2007 by Julius Sahara (talk | contribs) (rv anon edits)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)William Samoei Ruto (December 21, 1966 - ) is former Treasurer Youth for Kanu '92 (YK92) and former minister of home affairs of Kenya. YK 92 was a group formed to bribe voters using illegally printed money in the 1992 elections. He is Secretary General of the Kenya African National Union, the former ruling political party. He has been MP for Eldoret North constituency since the 1997 Kenyan elections. He became minister of home affairs in August 2002 but lost the post after December 2002 Kenyan elections when KANU lost to the NARC coalition. He is seen as a fast emerging powerful Kalenjin politician in Kenya's political arena.
However, his involvement with the Youth for Kanu '92 (YK92) group, and links to various corrupt land acquisitions besmirch what would otherwise have been a bright political career. William Ruto is currently on trial charged with defrauding the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of huge amounts of money through dubious land deals, but he has been out on bond. The case has been dragging in the courts for almost three years due to technical injuctions.
In January 2006 Ruto declared publicly that he would vie for presidency in the next general election scheduled for 2007. His statement was condemned by some of his KANU colleagues, including former president Daniel Arap Moi.
Ruto attended Wareng Secondary School,Eldoret, Kapsabet Boys,Nandi and has a BSc in botany from the University of Nairobi.
Sources
- Daily Nation: Jan 21, 2006 William Ruto, 40
- Daily Nation: Jan 22, 2006: Guilty As Charged: Ruto Confesses His Ambition
- BBC News, Kenya's political punch-up
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