Isaac Ruto is a Kenyan politician hailing from the Rift Valley Region. He studied political science at the University of Nairobi.He is a former Bomet county governor.Ruto joined politics in 1997 when he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Chapalungu Constituency. He also worked as an assistance minister in the ministry of Education and Agriculture.
After former Bomet MP Kipkalya Kones was relieved of his duties for associating with the Opposition, Ruto was promoted to Minister for Vocational Training in 2002. As a politician and by his appointment, he was expected to ensure that the Opposition and the Kones influence came to nothing in the region that was traditionally a KANU stronghold.
Before the 2002 General Election, Ruto differed sharply with Moi shortly before the end of a two-day State tour of South Africa over the electability of Uhuru Kenyatta and Kipsigis community politics in general.
In April 2013, Ruto was unanimously chosen as the first chairman of the Council of Governors, pledging his support for devolution. In 2017, he was chosen to lead the Chama Cha Mashinani party. In 2017, Ruto campaigned for governor on the CCM ticket; however, the late Joyce Laboso, running on the Jubilee banner, defeated him.
Presently, he is making an attempt to return to active politics by running for governor under the banner of his party, CCM. Hillary Barchok, the UDA candidate and the current governor, is viewed by political commentators as a technocrat.
I wish him success and long healthy life.
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