Rachel Ruto is Kenya’s current first lady. She is known to be religious and other than that she is humble. Even after becoming the first lady, she has remained religious, humble and respectful. This can be portrayed through her style of greeting people.
Today, as she received King Charles III at State House, was no different for Rachel Ruto as far as greeting people is concerned. She used her synonymous handshake style, rarely used by top leaders.
This type of handshake is where one uses the left forearm to support the right hand during greetings. It’s normally used to greet elders or persons of higher social status and signifies respect.
Rachel Ruto used it while greeting King Charles III. She has been known to use it snd cameras have captures her using it even when greeting his hubby, President Ruto.
This style of greeting demonstrates that Rachel Ruto is respectful no matter her social status. It’s hard to find people of her class using the type of handshake. Below are more images of Rachel Ruto Using the style;